"Other countries have already privatised their job placement systems to a greater extent than Germany has. This concerns such different welfare state regimes as Australia and Great Britain on the one hand and the Netherlands - and more recently also Belgium and Denmark - on the other hand....

"Ziel der Untersuchung ist es, die Entwicklung der EG-Arbeitsmärkte bis zum Jahr 2000 nach Ländern und Sektoren unter expliziter Berücksichtigung der Binnenmarkteffekte zu quantifizieren. Die Studie konnte die Ereignisse in Osteuropa noch nicht berücksichtigen, behält aber trotzdem ihren...

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...

"This paper provides an overview of the sequential shift towards activating labour market and social policy in Germany. It not only shows the changes in the instruments of active and passives labour market policies but also analyzes the implications of this change for the political economy, the...