This paper examines if and to what extend regional mobility has increased after finishing vocational in-firm training between 1977 and 2004. Particular interest is given to the importance of regional mobility for occupational continuity at labor market entry. Can mobility lower the probability...

"This paper provides an analysis of the labour market entry of migrant youth in Germany after completion of an apprenticeship. We are particularly interested in the impact of local cultural diversity on a successful career start. Focusing on the cohort of people completing apprenticeships in...

"Der vorliegende Beitrag setzt sich kritisch mit einer im Auftrag der Bundesanstalt für Arbeit an das Kieler Institut für Weltwirtschaft vergebenen Untersuchung über "Beschäftigungsprobleme in Industriestaaten" auseinander. Die genannte Untersuchung versucht die überproportional hohe...

"Der vorliegende Beitrag setzt sich kritisch mit einer im Auftrag der Bundesanstalt für Arbeit an das Kieler Institut für Weltwirtschaft vergebenen Untersuchung über "Beschäftigungsprobleme in Industriestaaten" auseinander. Die genannte Untersuchung versucht die überproportional hohe...

"This paper provides an analysis of the labour market entry of migrant youth in Germany after completion of an apprenticeship. We are particularly interested in the impact of local cultural diversity on a successful career start. Focusing on the cohort of people completing apprenticeships in...

"In the first part of this paper key data on the qualification and training of older workers are presented and in the second part fundamental scientific concepts and findings are discussed. On the basis of recent data and surveys it can be proved that it is no longer possible to speak of a lower...

"In the first part of this paper key data on the qualification and training of older workers are presented and in the second part fundamental scientific concepts and findings are discussed. On the basis of recent data and surveys it can be proved that it is no longer possible to speak of a lower...

"Further vocational training for the unemployed aims at enhancing their job prospects. This paper analyses the effectiveness of such subsidized training programmes for means-tested unemployment benefit recipients in Germany. The empirical findings are based on rich administrative data of the...

"Further vocational training for the unemployed aims at enhancing their job prospects. This paper analyses the effectiveness of such subsidized training programmes for means-tested unemployment benefit recipients in Germany. The empirical findings are based on rich administrative data of the...