Die Finanzierung der Arbeitsmarktpolitik ist unter den Bedingungen hoher Arbeitslosigkeit und dem damit verbundenen hohen Mittelbedarf immer wieder Gegenstand politischer Auseinandersetzungen und Anlass für Diskussionen über die Reformierung der Sozialversicherungssysteme. In der vorliegenden...

"Discussions about the consequences of the demographic change for the labour market and the economy have always been influenced by the idea that the unavoidable ageing and shrinking of the population relatively soon results in a lack of labour, a 'demographic change on the labour market', and in...

"Discussions about the consequences of the demographic change for the labour market and the economy have always been influenced by the idea that the unavoidable ageing and shrinking of the population relatively soon results in a lack of labour, a 'demographic change on the labour market', and in...

"Sowohl die Massenarbeitslosigkeit von 1975 als auch der Anstieg der Arbeitslosigkeit auf über 2 Mio. zu Beginn der 80er Jahre konnte mit Hilfe von Langfristprojektionen des IAB vorausgeschätzt werden. Allerdings erwies sich die Politik als unfähig, hieraus die erforderlichen Konsequenzen zu...

After currency union with West Germany, industrial production in East Germany fell by approximately one third, resulting in job losses of more than 40 percent. The article investigates the fate of workers made redundant, a large proportion of whom have been assimilated into various labor market...

Based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel the paper explores the development of hourly wages of employees (including part-time and mini-jobs) in East and West Germany between 1992 and 2012. The analysis includes median hourly wages as well as the development of wages in the upper and...