This paper provides a new perspective in classifying ALMPs depending on their main objective, also in light of their relevance and cost-effectiveness during normal times, during a crisis, and during recovery. We distinguish ALMPs that provide incentives for retaining employment, incentives for...

This paper provides a new perspective by classifying active labor market programs (ALMPs) depending on their main objectives and their relevance and cost-effectiveness during normal times, during a crisis, and during recovery. We distinguish ALMPs that provide: (i) incentives for retaining...

This survey focuses on experimental labor markets investigating two aspects that deem us important for a better understanding of labor market relations and the consequences for labor market policies. The first part of the survey is dedicated to papers that assess the prevalence of reciprocal...

Rezension: Dieser hervorragende Titel (1. Auflage vgl. BA 4/93) ist tatsächlich völlig überarbeitet und bei gleichem Preis um gut 150 Seiten erweitert worden. Die beiden Kölner Volkswirte nehmen eine detaillierte Bestandsaufnahme der Arbeitslosigkeit vor und beleuchten das Problem von allen...