"Over the last decade, both the availability of quantitative indicators on labor market institutions and of studies trying to explain differences in national labor market performance through institutional variables have burgeoned significantly. It is now time to review these indicators and the...

"In many countries fairly large and persistent regional disparities can be observed for a variety of economic indicators. Since these disparities can not be reduced to one single dimension, a classification system is needed to give a parsimonious overview. The article presents a system which is...

"Institutional changes in the governance of employment services were the starting point of comprehensive labour market and social policy reforms - the so-called Hartz-reforms (2003-2005) - in Germany. Particularly with the Hartz IV reform in 2005 Germany's status- and occupation-oriented social...

"This paper presents a regional case study of the labour market and its surrounding of Vinh City in central Vietnam, based on surveys conducted in 1999 and 2005. By including the time dimension and surveying samples with over 6000 individuals respectively it is possible to identify precisely the...

Will Chancellor Schröder's alliance for employment, one of the central projects of his government, be able to deal effectively with the present employment crisis? Norbert Berthold and Rainer Hank show that the alliance will at best stabilize the employment crisis, at worst aggravate it. Using...

Weiterbildung hat nicht zuletzt durch die politische Proklamation des „lebenslangen Lernens“ in den letzten Jahren als Instrument der Arbeitsmarkt- und Beschaftigungspolitik zunehmend an Bedeutung gewonnen. Die Teilnahme an Weiterbildung gilt als Schlussel zu einer stabilen und mit...