"Since 2006, the IAB develops classifications of job centres, which are regulated according to the Social Code Book (SGB) II. These classifications account for the fact that there are substantial disparities in the economic or social structure of German regions. These disparities affect the work...

"Im Zentrum der Evaluation des arbeitsmarktpolitischen Programms 'FAIR - Förderung der Arbeitsaufnahme - integriert und regulär' steht die Frage, ob die Vermittlungs- und Wiedereingliederungschancen von Langzeitarbeitslosen durch einen verbesserten Personalschlüssel in der Vermittlung...

"Seit März 2002 haben Arbeitslose mit Ansprüchen auf Lohnersatzleistungen (Arbeitslosengeld, Arbeitslosenhilfe oder Anschlussunterhaltsgeld) Anrecht auf einen Vermittlungsgutschein (VGS), sofern sie nach drei Monaten noch nicht vermittelt wurden (§ 421g SGB III). Der Anspruch auf einen...

"The financial situation of families strongly depends on household composition. Lone parents and two-parent-families differ according to poverty-risks and claiming of social benefits. The following paper examines mothers' duration of unemployment-benefit-II-reception with administrative data and...

"Employment plays an important role within the context of social inclusion. Vocational rehabilitation for people with disabilities is supporting the restoring of labour market inclusion and to ensure it in the long run. But the effects of vocational rehabilitation on labour market integration...

"We perform a comprehensive analysis of the stepping-stone effect of temporary agency employment on unemployed workers. Using the timing-of-events approach, we not only investigate whether agency employment is a bridge into regular em-ployment but also analyze its effect on post-unemployment...

"We identify the causal effect of compulsory military service on conscripts' subsequent labour-market outcomes by exploiting the regression-discontinuity design of the military draft in Germany during the 1950s. Unbiased estimates of military service on lifetime earnings, wages, and employment...

"In this paper we show that firm characteristics have an influence on the success of employment subsidies e.g. wage subsidies and in-work benefits, as they can strengthen positive effects or mitigate negative effects. We consider firm characteristics as post treatment variables, which are...

"Previous empirical studies of job creation schemes in Germany have shown that the average effects for the participating individuals are negative. However, we find that this is not true for all strata of the population. Identifying individual characteristics that are responsible for the effect...

"Die Situation von Personen mit Migrationshintergrund auf dem Ausbildungs- und Stellenmarkt zeigt, dass diese nach wie vor wesentlich stärker von Arbeitslosigkeit betroffen sind, in der Regel ein geringeres Einkommen und eine geringere berufliche Stellung als Deutsche haben. Neben den teilweise...