Arbeitsgelegenheiten in der Mehraufwandsvariante ('Ein-Euro-Jobs') sind ein quantitativ bedeutsames Instrument der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik. Zielgruppe sind arbeitsmarktferne erwerbsfähige Leistungsempfänger im SGB II. Der Kurzbericht analysiert die Implementationsbedingungen und...

Die 'Modellprojekte öffentlich geförderte Beschäftigung' (ögB) in NRW sind auf die Gruppe besonders arbeitsmarktferner Langzeitarbeitsloser zugeschnitten. Die Projekte wurden seit 2013 implementiert und von Februar 2014 bis September 2015 von einem Forschungsverbund bestehend aus dem IAB und...

This paper investigates the causal effect of regional variation in active labor market policy utilizing data for 176 German employment offices and a period covering 2000-2004. In this endeavor, we also analyze the impact of the recent labor market reforms ('Hartz reforms'). We use flow measures...

Despite its increasing importance in labour market discourses and programmes an empirical concept for measuring employability is still not available. This paper presents the results of a feasibility study which aims at designing such a concept. It was carried out as a pilot study preparing the...

On January 1st, 1997, minimum wages were introduced in the German main construction sector. We examine the effects of this wage regulation on various aspects of the labour market of this sector, particularly the effects on wages and employment. In East Germany, at the time of its introduction,...

[Zusammenfassung] Durch die kombinierte Auswertung qualitativer Fallstudien, eigener repräsentativer Befragungen unter Zeitarbeitsunternehmen und Zeitarbeitnehmern/-innen sowie zentraler Ergebnisse zweier weiterer Erhebungen, die aktuell im Auftrag des BMAS zu verschiedenen Aspekten der...

This paper is motivated by the idea that the enlargement of the European Union is only one part of an overall process, known as economic integration, which characterizes the involvement of European economies into the global division of labor. Therefore, the paper aims at providing a quantitative...

Taking a European cross-country perspective, this paper addresses the most important issues in the nexus of population ageing and labor markets. We start from a descriptive overview of the demographic change currently shaping European societies. The subsequent section intensively discusses the...

Data from 31 countries participating in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is used to estimate education production functions for reading literacy. The analysis suggests that the probability of finding statistically significant and correctly signed class size effects...