Ziel des Papiers ist es, wichtige Herausforderungen und Handlungsansätze der Jobcenter bei der Integration der Geflüchteten in Arbeit zu identifizieren. Hierzu wurden qualitative Fallstudien in fünf Jobcentern durchgeführt. Die Interviews mit Beschäftigten der Jobcenter geben Aufschluss...

Ziel der vorliegenden Studie ist es zu klären, welche Datensätze im Rahmen von Evaluationsstudien zu den Auswirkungen des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns für die Analyse von Übergängen auf dem deutschen Arbeitsmarkt geeignet sind. Die Studie untersucht daher insbesondere, für welche Übergänge...

We analyse the effect of IMF and World Bank policies on the composite index of economic freedom by Gwartney et al. (2000) as well as its sub- indexes, using a panel of 85 countries observed between 1970 and 1997. With respect to the Bank, we find that the number of projects has a positive impact...

We investigate voting behavior on human rights in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Our central question is whether countries with a low human rights record systematically oppose human rights resolutions. An instrumental account of voting would suggest that these countries aim to...

There are over 180 ILO conventions in many areas of labour law, industrial relations and social security, but they are not ratified universally: for the conventions adopted between 1975 and 1995, the cumulative probability of ratification is about 13 percent 10 years after their adoption. In...

"This paper describes the role of fixed-term employment contracts in the job dynamics of firms in Baden-Württemberg in 2001. Although only 4.4 percent of the workers have a fixed-term contract, more than a quarter of all hirings occur on the basis of such a contract. Fixed term contracts are...

In the German school and vocational education systems, there is a wide range of support measures during school-to-work transition. We analyze a novel program providing mentoring to low-achieving school leavers as a bridge between different stages and different institutional systems in secondary...

Population aging in many developed countries has motivated some governments to provide wage subsidies to employers for hiring or retaining older workers. The subsidies are intended to compensate for the gap between the pay and productivity of older workers, which may discourage their hiring. A...