Der Ausbau von haushaltsnahen Dienstleistungen kann zum einen als arbeitsmarktpolitisches Instrument etwa zum Abbau der Arbeitslosigkeit angesehen werden. Zum anderen sind haushaltsnahe Dienstleistungen ein Instrument zur besseren Vereinbarkeit von Kindererziehung und Beruf sowie zur...

Marginal employment', i.e. employment at low working hours and earnings not covered by social security, has been gaining importance in the German economy over the past decade. Using a large newly available panel data set and statistical matching techniques, we analyse the effects of marginal...

We analyze the effectiveness of publicly financed training and retraining programs in east Germany as measured by their effects on individual re-employment probabilities after training. These are estimated by discrete hazard rate models on the basis of individual-level panel data. We account for...

Marginal Employment, i.e. employment at low working hours and earnings not covered by social security, has been gaining importance in the German economy over the past decade. Using a large newly available panel data set and statistical matching techniques, we analyse the effects of marginal...