Fasst man bisherige Evaluationsstudien von Qualifizierungsmaßnahmen zusammen, zeigt sich bei den Beschäftigungseffekten ein uneinheitliches Bild. Erfahrungen zeigen jedoch, dass mit einer systematischen Beobachtung des Qualifikationsbedarfs auf regionaler Ebene die Ergebnisse verbessert werden...

This paper discusses the recently coined concept of flexicurity. It is outlined how this concept gained importance in legislative and labour market policy reform in the Netherlands, linking a number of previously separated areas of policy-making such as flexibilization and deregulation of the...

Die Aktivitäten im Bereich der beruflichen Weiterbildung erreichen innerhalb des deutschen Beschäftigungssystems lediglich ein unterdurchschnittliches Niveau. Der stetige Anstieg der Qualifikationsanforderungen erfordert jedoch eine Steigerung der Weiterbildungsaktivitäten und insbesondere...

This essay intends to explore three innovative ways to foster job creation in services: First, the switch from product markets to utility markets would induce more and new types of user services. Such a switch would not only be more employment friendly but also foster a sustainable economic...

The main purpose of this paper is to explore whether and how the amount of firmsponsored Continuing Vocational Training (CVT) provided in Sweden from 1999 onwards was influenced by institutional conditions. The Swedish labour market is characterised by a relatively large amount of publicly...

The contracting-out of job brokerage and case management services is a major international trend in the reform of the Public Employment Service. Instead of a public agency, private providers are contracted to deliver these services for the jobseekers. Australia and the Netherlands have...

Welche Deregulierung könnte die verblüffende Dynamik des amerikanischen Arbeitsmarkts ohne die dort unerfreulichen Nebenfolgen hervorbringen? Diese Frage wird zunächst mit einem Rückgriff auf die Geschichte des Arbeitsrechts beantwortet. Diese lehrt uns, daß Deregulierung nicht...

This report deals with Action 5 of the White Paper Follow-Up process and analyses feasible steps or improvements already undertaken by Member States and the Community at large to make better use of public funds for combating unemployment. Public funds devoted to labour market policies play a...

The dynamics of dependent employment and unemployment can only be adequately analysed using individual flow data. The degree of influence of the data set and the methodology used is shown by analysing 11 member states of the European Union on the basis of data from the European Labour Force...

Over the last few years, benchmarking advanced to a key word in organisational development and change management. Originally, benchmarking was a tool in business studies summarising the process of comparing your own with a similar organisational unit (mostly the competitor) in order to improve...