"In view of the increasing labour market problems in Germany, eyes have been turned towards the USA and its 'employment miracle' since as early as the 1980s. And indeed since 1960 the USA has recorded a more or less steady increase in its employment figures. Also the volume of work has risen...

Reforms of employment protection (EPL) in Europe eased the recourse to temporary forms of employment while not reducing the strictness of EPL of permanent jobs (with the exception of Spain). Since 1990, such two-tier reforms have been implemented in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, the...

This paper reviews the evidence on welfare time limits in the United States. It primarily refers to experimental and econometric evaluations. Time limits affect welfare recipients both before and after their limits are reached. Time limits reduce welfare receipt and increase employment before...

Aufgabe des Workshops, über den berichtet wird, war es, Hintergründe, Ursachen und Begleitumstände der "Geheimnisse" des Erfolgs anderer Länder in der Beschäftigungspolitik zu erhellen, um nach Möglichkeit etwas für die Lösung der deutschen Arbeitsmarktprobleme zu lernen und Konsequenzen...

"In view of the increasing labour market problems in Germany, eyes have been turned towards the USA and its 'employment miracle' since as early as the 1980s. And indeed since 1960 the USA has recorded a more or less steady increase in its employment figures. Also the volume of work has risen...

The European Union began with efforts in the Cold War era to foster economic integration among a few Western European countries. Today’s EU constitutes an upper tier of government that affects almost every level of policymaking in each of its twenty-seven member states. The recent financial...

This paper is an empirical analysis of unemployment patterns in the OECD countries from the 1960s to the 1990s, looking at the Beveridge Curves, real wages as well as unemployment directly. Our results indicate the following. First, the Beveridge Curves of all the countries except Norway and...