"We analyze unemployment dynamics for Germany on a regional basis by means of an approximate factor model. We first estimate the number of factors corresponding to the number of cycles. At least for the pre-'Hartz' reform data we find strong evidence for more than just one dynamic labor market...

"The article describes (concentrates on the description of) the employment development and social problems related to labour market situation in Poland during the transition period (before the EU accession). It consists of four parts. The first gives an overview of basic tendencies in labour...

"This paper does not go into the results of the Hartz evaluation but explains the general framework of this large research project. It is emphasised that the extensive investigations as to the effects of active labour market policy symbolise a new quality in the discourse of policy and research...

"Organizational change is characterized by different measures of business policy, work organization and personnel policy, e.g. delayering, teamwork, job-rotation, further training and education, incentive payment and flexible working time. These measures work both, alone and in combination, on...

"Internal migration rates in Germany are relatively low in international comparison. Identifying obstacles to interregional mobility is thus of major policy concern because the geographic mobility of labour may contribute to higher overall economic growth as well as a reduction of interregional...

"This paper presents recent empirical evidence on the extent and determinants of employment dynamics and job mobility, building on economic theory and German labor market institutions. In particular, it identifies dynamic and immobile segments of the labor market. Conclusions are drawn with...

"The financial crisis drew attention to the way in which workers in certain countries had been able to sustain consumption through housing and consumer credit despite insecure labour-market positions. This indicates a need to expand the analysis of the relationship between flexibility and...

"This paper presents the project 'Treatment Effects and Prediction' (TrEffeR) of the Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit - BA). One of the tasks of the project is to provide estimates of the effectiveness of active labor market policy measures for management purposes. The...

"Im Jahr 1980 fand - wie erwartet - der moderate Aufschwung der späten siebziger Jahre sein Ende, am Arbeitsmarkt überwiegen nun wieder negative Tendenzen: Absolut und saison bereinigt liegt am Jahresende die Arbeitslosenzahl wieder über 1 Mio. Personen. Auch die Beschäftigtenzahl ist...

"Zunächst werden die verschiedenen Konzepte zur Erklärung und Überwindung der Arbeitslosigkeit in der Bundesrepublik skizziert und kritisch beleuchtet. Während die neoklassische Argumentation des Sachverständigenrats empirisch äußerst schwach fundiert ist, bieten die marxistisch...