Brandenburg ist ein Flächenland und im Vergleich zu anderen Bundesländern relativ wenig industrialisiert. Die Strategie des Landes konzentriert sich deshalb darauf, die vorhandenen Ansätze zu stärken und zu entwickeln. Ein ergänzender und notwendiger Teil dieser Strategie ist, dem...

Today FDR's New Deal is regarded as the democratic ideal, the positive American response to the economic crisis that propelled Germany and Italy toward Fascism. Yet in the 1930s, these regimes were hardly considered antithetical. Cultural historian Schivelbusch investigates their shared elements...

Based on new administrative data for Germany covering entrances into job creation schemes between July 2000 and May 2001, we evaluate the effects of this active labour market policy programme on the employability of the participating individuals. The programme effects are estimated considering...

Beyond loss of income, joblessness is associated with greater poverty, marginalization, and social exclusion; the current global crisis is clearly not helping. In this new Public Policy Brief, Research Scholar Rania Antonopoulos explores the impact of both joblessness and employment expansion on...