Since the middle of the 1980s many European countries have reduced the strictness of their employment protection mainly by relaxing it for temporary jobs. These countries are Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. The article explores the...

Nachdem das ifo Institut im Mai des Jahres 2002 seine Studie zur Aktivierenden Sozialhilfe vorgestellt hatte, wurde in Deutschland eine Diskussion zu den Möglichkeiten einer aktivierenden Sozialpolitik zum Zwecke der Entwicklung des Niedriglohnsektors geführt. Am Beginn der Diskussion standen...

Nachdem das ifo Institut im Mai des Jahres 2002 seine Studie zur Aktivierenden Sozialhilfe vorgestellt hatte, wurde in Deutschland eine Diskussion zu den Möglichkeiten einer aktivierenden Sozialpolitik zum Zwecke der Entwicklung des Niedriglohnsektors geführt. Am Beginn der Diskussion standen...

International comparisons of labour market institutions and their transfer across boundaries have gained in importance. The paper deals with the question of the best way to proceed in making such comparisons. At the same time the question of the possibilities and limits to institutional transfer...

Since the middle of the 1980s many European countries have reduced the strictness of their employment protection mainly by relaxing it for temporary jobs. These countries are Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. The article explores the...

International comparisons of labour market institutions and their transfer across boundaries have gained in importance. The paper deals with the question of the best way to proceed in making such comparisons. At the same time the question of the possibilities and limits to institutional transfer...