"Die Stellungnahme enthält die Bewertung des IAB zum (von der FDP-Bundestagsfraktion vorgeschlagenen) 'Entwurf eines Gesetzes zur dynamischen Beitragsentlastung in der Arbeitslosenversicherung' zur Anhörung im Ausschuss für Arbeit und Soziales des Deutschen Bundestags am 14. Oktober 2019. Es...

Der Ausschuss für Arbeit und Soziales des Deutschen Bundestags hat am 19. April 2021 eine öffentliche Anhörung zu drei Anträgen von FDP, DIE LINKE und BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN durchgeführt, die auf eine bessere soziale Absicherung von Selbstständigen zielen. Die CoronaPandemie hat den...

On the labour markets, recent decades were characterised by structural supply-side reforms in many countries. Following its hawkish reforms from the 2000s, Germany has recently made a dovish turnaround. Conditions in basic income support for unemployed became more generous. Before, a temporary...

"Unemployment insurance (UI) sanctions in the form of benefit reductions are intended to set disincentives for UI recipients to stay unemployed. Empirical evidence about the effects of UI sanctions in Germany is sparse. Using administrative data we investigate the effects of sanctions on the...

"This paper presents a regional case study of the labour market and its surrounding of Vinh City in central Vietnam, based on surveys conducted in 1999 and 2005. By including the time dimension and surveying samples with over 6000 individuals respectively it is possible to identify precisely the...

"Over the last decade, both the availability of quantitative indicators on labor market institutions and of studies trying to explain differences in national labor market performance through institutional variables have burgeoned significantly. It is now time to review these indicators and the...

"Institutional changes in the governance of employment services were the starting point of comprehensive labour market and social policy reforms - the so-called Hartz-reforms (2003-2005) - in Germany. Particularly with the Hartz IV reform in 2005 Germany's status- and occupation-oriented social...

"Since February 2006, self-employed, workers abroad and caregivers have the opportunity to voluntarily insure themselves against unemployment (Voluntary Public Unemployment Insurance). This scheme was initially scheduled to end in 2010. In 2011, the possibility of voluntary insurance was...

"In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung hat das IAB die Möglichkeiten einer regionalen Zurechnung der Einnahmen und Ausgaben von Arbeitslosen-, Renten- und Krankenversicherung geprüft. Der Forschungsbericht zeigt die Vorgehensweise und die Ergebnisse dazu auf....