Modern labour markets are characterised by the high levels of flexibility they demand of workers and unemployed individuals in particular. Increasing the willingness of jobseekers for regional mobility is an integral part of this development and was at the heart of the far reaching Hartz reforms...

Using a search theoretical model, we analyse the effects of the information flow via social networks (friends, relatives and other personal contacts) by comparing monetary and non-monetary outcomes in obtaining jobs via networks versus formal methods. Propensity-score matching on survey data...

Der Datenreport beschreibt die Variablen der schwach anonymisierten Version der Beschäftigtenstichprobe IABS 1975-2001, die Gastwissenschaftlerinnen und -wissenschaftlern zur Verfügung gestellt wird. Bei dieser Version der Beschäftigtenstichprobe wurden die direkten Identifikatoren - die...

Studies show that the unemployed face serious disadvantages in the labour market and that the social stigma of unemployment is one explanation. In this paper, we focus on the unemployed’s expectations of being stigmatized (stigma consciousness) and the consequences of such negative...