Propensity score matching provides an estimate of the effect of a treatment variable on an outcome variable that is largely free of bias arising from an association between treatment status and observable variables. However, matching methods are not robust against hidden bias arising from...

Es gibt kein Recht auf Faulheit in unserer Gesellschaft. Mit diesen Worten setzte Bundeskanzler Gerhard Schröder im April dieses Jahres eine heiße Debatte über faule Arbeitslose in Gang, die bereits einige historische Vorläufer hatte. Der Beitrag untersucht zuerst, ob die verschiedenen...

Social insurance systems are known to reproduce gender inequalities in the labour market because they are usually based on standard employment contracts (full-time, permanent, dependent) and often take into account the household constellation through means-testing. Gender inequalities in the...

This paper starts off by briefly considering some of the problems of future studies; it discusses how the origins and principles of the systems of regulation and security have generated different employment systems in Europe. The concept of employment systems allows us to identify how the future...

The issue addressed in this paper is how to obtain a composite measure of several indicators using benchmarking principles. While the exposition is only in two dimensions, and thus can be presented graphically, this is sufficient to capture the essence of the methodology and provide the basis...

The ongoing restructuring of todays labour markets and the swift changes in occupational structures and skill requirements generate a risk for unbalanced growth in the supply and demand for qualifications. This paper concentrates on the instruments employed in Scandinavia to identify labour...

Eine Verkürzung der Arbeitszeit oder die Ausdehnung von Teilzeitarbeit werden auf der nationalstaatlichen wie auf europäischer Ebene von Politik und Wissenschaft als eine beschäftigungspolitische Strategie empfohlen. Es ist jedoch zu beobachten, daß sich Teilzeitarbeit nach stärkeren...

Women and men increasingly face work-related critical events during their lifecourse and experience risks that are not fully covered by unemployment insurance or other work related insurances. Social risk management of transitional labour markets (TLMs) aims at supporting people in navigating...

Ausgangspunkt dieses Diskussionspapieres ist die von Fritz Scharpf vertretene Auf-fassung, dass wohlfahrtsstaatliche Institutionen maßgeblich an der Entwicklung unterschiedlicher Dienstleistungssektoren beteiligt sind. Anhand dieser Idee werden polit-ökonomische Hypothesen hergeleitet und...

The radar chart approach is one of a number of special analytical tools that have been developed in connection with benchmarking in the private and public sectors. Although well established as a management tool, the radar chart approach has to our knowledge never been applied to benchmarking...