Contents: Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction to the governance of labour administration / Jason Heyes, Ludek Rychly, Maria Gavris and Maria Luz Vega Ruiz -- Part I: Key issues in labour administration -- 2. Evolution of national systems of labour administration since the adoption of...

Greece, Ireland and Portugal, on the periphery of Europe, are still influenced by a history of migration from agriculture to urban areas and to other countries, and have all received extensive assistance from the European Union's Structural Funds.Which of these countries' varied, often...

Abstract: Welche staatliche Ebene sollte im Föderalismus für die Bekämpfung der Arbeitslosigkeit zuständig sein? Dieses Buch beantwortet die Frage am Beispiel der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Während der Bund weiterhin die Arbeitslosenversicherung bereit stellen sollte, sprechen im Falle der...

For selected target groups, such as unemployed and disadvantaged youth, Christoph Ehlert demonstrates that flexible and well-targeted programmes significantly improve employment chances. To be effective, these programmes must combine individual coaching, classroom training and temporary work....

During the twentieth century, German government and industry created a highly skilled workforce as part of an ambitious program to control and develop the country's human resources. Yet, these long-standing efforts to match as many workers as possible to skilled vocations and to establish a...