The paper examines the evolution of returns to education in the West German labour market over the last two decades. During this period, graduates from the period of educational expansion in the sixties and seventies entered the labour market and an upgrading of the skill structure took place....

While many previous studies on temporary work have found disadvantages for temporary workers as compared to workers with a permanent contract, this study compares temporary work to the alternative of unemployment. Specifically, this paper investigates the potential integrative power of taking up...

The paper examines the evolution of returns to education in the West German labour market over the last two decades. During this period, graduates from the period of educational expansion in the sixties and seventies entered the labour market and an upgrading of the skill structure took place....

Ziel dieser Dokumentation ist es, einen Überblick über den Forschungsstand zum Monitoring und Benchmarking im Bereich der Arbeitsmarktpolitik zu geben. Der Fokus richtet sich dabei auf allgemeine Definitionen, generelle Vorgehensweisen, ausgewählte Fallbeispiele, sowie bestehende Probleme und...

This paper examines the evolution of returns to education in the West German labour market over the last two decades. During this period, graduates from the period of educational expansion entered the labour market and an upgrading of the skill structure took place. In order to tackle the issues...