Activation is an efficacious policy paradigm in modern welfare states. Taking the case of Germany, we study the relationship between the embeddedness of benefit recipients in activating labor market institutions and individual labor supply. Using panel data, we estimate the effects of...

This book takes as a starting point that welfare states in developed societies do not provide systems of social insurance against the risk of an early death. In contrast to the way in which economically developed countries provide ways of insuring citizens against other possibilities, such as...

Der Sammelband vereinigt Beiträge aus Workshops der Gewerkschaften ver.di und IG Metall 2004 unter der These, dass demografischer Wandel "eine gestaltbare, gesamtgesellschaftliche Aufgabe" sei. Kompetent in betriebspolitischen Fragen (vgl. J. Kerschbaumer: BA 10/02), erfahren in Stellungnahmen...