"In this study the length of time spent out of work by men and women in the Federal Republic of Germany and Great Britain is examined for the period 1990-1995 on the basis of the EPAG data set. The results show that the duration of unemployment among women in eastern and western Germany was...

"Die Untersuchung der (mittel- bis langfristigen) Beschäftigungsprobleme in ausgewählten Industriestaaten (Italien, Belgien, Frankreich, Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Großbritannien und die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika) geht von einem neoklassischen Erklärungsansatz aus, dessen grundlegende...

"Angesichts des enormen personellen und finanziellen Aufwands der von der Berufsberatung Jahr für Jahr für die Erteilung von Rat und Auskunft in Fragen der Berufswahl, des Berufswechsels, für die berufliche Orientierung und Aufklärung sowie für die Vermittlung in Ausbildungsstellen...

"The aim of this study is to analyse and assess the contrasting national skills policies associated with ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) skill supply in Britain and Germany. We also aim to examine the impact of these strategies on firms and to assess the utilization of skills at...

"This paper analyses the (self-)selection of migrants between countries which have substantial differences in the inequality of earnings and income levels. In an extended version of the Roy-model we consider migration costs, which tend to grow less than proportional with the income level. As a...

"This paper examines the macroeconomic consequences of the diversion of migration flows away from Germany towards the UK in the course of the EU Eastern Enlargement. The EU has agreed with the new member states from Central and Eastern Europe transitional periods for the free movement of...

"Using two nationally representative establishment data sets, this paper investigates collective bargaining coverage and firms' choice of governance structures for the employment relationship in Britain and in (western and eastern) Germany. Both countries have experienced a substantial decline...

"Employment protection legislation, unemployment benefits and active labor market policy are Janus-faced institutions. On the one hand they are devices of insurance against labor market risk that provide income and employment security. On the other hand they influence the capacities of labor...

"Institutional changes in the governance of employment services were the starting point of comprehensive labour market and social policy reforms - the so-called Hartz-reforms (2003-2005) - in Germany. Particularly with the Hartz IV reform in 2005 Germany's status- and occupation-oriented social...

"Das Konzept der Aktivierung kennzeichnet die Arbeitsmarkt- und Sozialpolitik zahlreicher Länder seit den frühen 1990er Jahren und ist durch einschneidende Sozialversicherungsreformen geprägt. Trotz unterschiedlicher wohlfahrtsstaatlicher Ausprägungen sind in Großbritannien, den...