Introduction -- Background for the Empirical Analyses: Institutional Details and Data -- Centralized versus Decentralized Welfare Administration -- The Employment Effects of an Intensified Use of Benefit Sanctions -- The Effectiveness of Temporary Extra Jobs and Short-Term Training Programs --...

Arbeitsmarkt und Beschäftigung -- Qualifikationsspezifische Grundlagen der Arbeitsvermittlung -- Job-Center und Fallmanagement -- Arbeitsvermittlung, Profiling und Matching -- Berufe als Informationsgrundlage für die Personalvermittlung -- Integration behinderter Menschen in den Arbeitsmarkt...

For selected target groups, such as unemployed and disadvantaged youth, Christoph Ehlert demonstrates that flexible and well-targeted programmes significantly improve employment chances. To be effective, these programmes must combine individual coaching, classroom training and temporary work....

Hintergründe -- Flüchtlingssituation in Deutschland heute: Zahlen, Daten, Fakten -- Die Generation Y – Haltungen zur Flüchtlingsfrage -- Integration von Geflüchteten in das deutsche Wirtschaftssystem – Probleme, Potentiale, Perspektiven -- Herausforderungen und Chancen der...

Arbeitsmarkt und Beschäftigung -- Qualifikationsspezifische Grundlagen der Arbeitsvermittlung -- Job Center und Fallmanagement: Herzstücke der Arbeitsmarktreformen -- Arbeitsvermittlung, Profiling und Matching -- Berufs- und tätigkeitsorientierte Grundlagen der Arbeitsvermittlung --...

In this book, Fauri and Tedeschi bring together contributions that outline the movement of job seekers and ethnic minority entrepreneurs in Europe, all with the aim of analysing the overall impact of different forms of migration on European economies in the last hundred years. Contributions...

Violence, deception, fraud and abuse have always been commonplace occurrences for migrants, not only in their final country of destination but also in their countries of origin and countries of transit. In today’s world, the link between mobility and security issues is ever-increasing....

This volume provides an up-to-date overview of activation strategies in unemployment benefit systems and social assistance in selected European countries and the United States. A particular focus lies on the development of activation schemes, governance and implementation as well as on the...

This book analyses the employment effects of job creation schemes for the participating individuals in Germany. Programmes provide subsidised jobs that are additional in nature and of value for society to hard-to-place individuals. International evidence on the effectiveness suggests that...

This book demonstrates how rethinking and adapting basic employment services into labor intermediation services can help address the many labor market disconnections of developing country economies. It addresses how scarce resources required to escape poverty - good jobs, schools, and training -...