Um die berufliche Reintegration wettbewerbsschwächerer Arbeitsloser zu fördern, werden in letzter Zeit eine Vielzahl von Ansätzen zur Subventionierung niedriger Löhne diskutiert. Zur Beurteilung dieser Arrangements werden in dem Beitrag die für ökonomische Wirkungsanalysen zentralen...

"Since as early as the beginning of the 1980s German labour law - especially the regulations related to protection against dismissal and fixed-term employment - has come under criticism as a possible cause of a lack of labour market flexibility. From an economic point of view mandatory labour...

"In 2010, the German Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) declared the level of social assistance according to the Second and Twelfth Book of the Social Code (SGB II and SGB XII) in its form at that time as non-constitutional. In response to the verdict the...

As a consequence of the global financial crisis Germany has experienced the deepest slowdown of its economy since World War II. However, at least up to now the German labor market has not shown a strong reaction to the financial crisis. Given the sharp decrease in GDP the levels of employment...

Der Zeitraum von Mitte der achtziger Jahre des letzten Jahrhunderts bis zum Ende der ersten Dekade des neuen Jahrtausends war durch eine fortwaehrende Deregulierung des Arbeitsrechts gekennzeichnet. Die aktuelle, wie auch die vorhergehende Bundesregierung leiteten zuletzt eine Re-Regulierung...

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"From the mid-1980s until 2005 the German labour market was characterised by continuous deregulation. In the period of an improving German labour market, the German governments have since imposed measures to re-regulate the labour market in order to strengthen employees' rights. At the same time...