The notion of lsquo;flexicurity' has recently become a buzzword in European labour market reform. It promises to deliver a magic formula to overcome the tensions between labour market flexibility on the one hand and social security on the other hand by offering lsquo;the best of both worlds'....

Ergänzend zu den Beiträgen im ifo Schnelldienst 23/2007 sieht Stefan Sell unabhängig von der Frage der Laufzeit der Versicherungsleistung bei den Arbeitsmarktreformen im Kontext der Agenda 2010 das zentrale Dilemma in der Einseitigkeit dieser Reformen. Es wurde, seiner Meinung nach,...

Integrating information for the purpose of articulating social protection policies is hard work. It requires a combination of political will, capacity for institutional cooperation, software development and direct communication channels with citizens. Because of this complexity, countries that...