"Aufbauend auf den Mikrodaten werden in dem Forschungsbericht die Determinanten der Ausgabe von Vermittlungsgutscheinen und deren direkte Wirkungen auf der Individualebene untersucht. Die Analysen legen den Schluss nahe, dass die Gruppe der Arbeitslosen, die einen Vermittlungsgutschein erhalten...

"Zur Bewertung des Ressourceneinsatzes der Bundesagentur für Arbeit wird eine fiskalische Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse (KNA) auf Basis der Mikro- und Makroanalyse durchgeführt. Bei der Berechnung der Ertragseffekte werden direkte und indirekte Maßnahmeneffekte einbezogen. Wirkungen auf das...

This paper makes a direct comparison of the relative effectiveness of job placement vouchers and the contracting out of placement services. The study is based on the process data of the Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit) and refers to the year 2004. The proportion of people...

"This paper makes a direct comparison of the relative effectiveness of job placement vouchers and the contracting out of placement services. The study is based on the process data of the Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit) and refers to the year 2004. The proportion of people...

"The Vocational and Career Psychology Service (BPS) of the German National Employment Agency has developed four new services for competence assessment. They can be used by job placement officers and case workers to better identify soft skills of their customers and use the results for job search...

"From a social policy perspective, single parents - for the most part single mothers - are an important target group. Being solely in charge of both providing for the family's livelihood as well as parental care, the extent to which they can be gainfully employed is often restricted. Their...

"The pilot project 'Berliner Joboffensive' (BJO) aimed at increasing the number of labor market integrations of individuals receiving means-tested unemployment benefits II (also known as Hartz IV) by intensified counseling and assistance. To this end, the caseload of 650 caseworkers in twelve...

"The pilot programme 'PRIMUS' ('Integrate, encourage, strengthen strengths') implemented by the Jobcenter Saarbrücken tested a new counselling and support approach for jobseekers eligible for basic security assistance benefits, aged 25 to 48, who had been long-term recipients and were...

"Since 2006, the IAB develops classifications of job centres, which are regulated according to the Social Code Book (SGB) II. These classifications account for the fact that there are substantial disparities in the economic or social structure of German regions. These disparities affect the work...

"The German workfare programme 'One-Euro-Jobs' can be used for different goals. On the one hand, they aim at improving employment prospects of long-term jobless welfare recipients. On the other hand, they can also be used to test the willingness to work of welfare recipients. Based on data from...