Seit den 80er Jahren haben atypische Erwerbsformen gegenüber dem traditionellen Normalarbeitsverhältnis in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland an Bedeutung gewonnen. In der arbeitsmarktpolitischen Debatte gilt das Interesse an Erwerbsformen wie Leiharbeit, geringfügige und befristete...

I develop an agent-based computational economics (ACE) model with which I evaluate the aggregate impact of labor market policies. The findings are that governmentfinanced training measures increase the outflow rate from unemployment to employment. Although the overall effect is positive this...

The twin predicaments of German labour market performance and welfare state performance triggered an ongoing debate on reforming the German model. Recently, this debate has yielded an outcome in the form of the so-called Hartz laws, a bundle of labour market policies aimed at the reduction of...

To evaluate the effects of a universal program, i.e. all targeted get access, is associated with the problem that there are no individuals who represent the hypothetical or counterfactual state of being eligible to the program but not participating in it. In this study of a Swedish universal...

Gegenstand der Analyse dieses Papiers ist der Umfang von Policy-Innovationen innerhalb des italienischen Arbeitsmarkts angesichts der wachsenden Arbeitslosigkeit. Dabei geht es um die Art, wie öffentliche und private Akteure ihr Routinehandeln zu verändern und neue Programme zu entwickeln...

The changes of the division of labour between Western and Central-Eastern Europe and the relocation of production have provoked uncertainty and social conflicts. The low wages and the (allegedly) low level of institutionalized labour standards in Central-Eastern Europe are seen as a threat for...