This paper provides an overview of the sequential shift towards activating labor market and social policy in Germany. It not only shows the changes in the instruments of active and passives labor market policies but also analyzes the implications of this change for the political economy, the...

Labour market institutions are deemed to have a great influence on the level and structure of employment. This holds for regulation on employment protection, minimum wages or tax/benefit systems as well as active labour market policies. This is why policy makers implement labour market reforms...

This paper provides an overview of the sequential shift towards activating labor market and social policy in Germany. It not only shows the changes in the instruments of active and passives labor market policies but also analyzes the implications of this change for the political economy, the...

Seit Ende der 1990er Jahre steht die Weiterentwicklung von Fürsorgesystemsysteme als letztem Netz nationaler Sicherungssysteme zu einer 'aktivierenden' Grundsicherung auf der Reformagenda in vielen Ländern. Die gemeinsame Zielsetzung von Hilfereformen ist es, die soziale Treffsicherheit von...