As a result of the last major reform of the German social security system, not only long-term unemployed but also employed persons are entitled to a new benefit – called Unemployment Benefit II – if the total income is below a legally binding subsistence level. For a few years,...

Auf Grundlage des Panels Arbeitsmarkt und Soziale Sicherung wird in der vorliegenden Studie die Einkommenssituation von Selbstständigen untersucht. Im Blickpunkt stehen dabei nicht nur die sozio-ökonomischen Merkmale der Selbstständigen in der Grundsicherung, sondern auch mögliche Ursachen...

Am Ausbildungsstellenmarkt wird es trotz des weiterhin bestehenden Bewerberüberhangs zunehmend schwieriger, das betriebliche Angebot und die Nachfrage der Jugendlichen zusammenzuführen. Seit einigen Jahren ist überdies (allein) die Anzahl der Ausbildungsbetriebe mit weniger als 10...

"Against the background of the existing theoretical and empirical evidence of skill-biased technological and organisational change, this paper investigates the effects of organisational change on labour demand between 1996 and 2004 using linked-employer-employee-data (LIAB) from the German...

"Using German data from the Institute for Employment Research Establishment Panel, this paper constructs two main measures of outsourcing and examines their determinants and consequences for employment. There are some commonalities in the correlates of the two measures of outsourcing, as well as...

In dieser Studie wird den Fragen nachgegangen, welche Rolle die eigene Ausbildung von Fachkräften für die Sicherung des Fachkräftebedarfs bisher gespielt hat und zukünftig spielen wird, insbesondere aber, ob und inwiefern vor allem kleine und mittlere Betriebe Schwierigkeiten haben,...

"This article analyses the effects of firm reorganisation on wages and job mobility at individual level. The analysis is based on German linked employer-employee data (LIAB), which combines firm survey data and employee data from the German Federal Employment Services. The period of observation...

This paper presents the first comparative analysis of the decline in collective bargaining in two European countries where that decline has been most pronounced. Using workplace-level data and a common model, we present decompositions of changes in collective bargaining and worker representation...

Industrial relations are in flux in many nations, perhaps most notably in Germany and Britain. That said, comparatively little is known in any detail of the changing pattern of the institutions of collective bargaining and worker representation in Germany and still less in both countries about...