Der Beitrag behandelt folgende Aspekte: "1. Anlaß und Ziele der Strukturberichterstattung 2. Die arbeitsmarktpolitische Bedeutung der Strukturberichterstattung 3. Der arbeitsmarktpolitische Informationsgehalt der Strukturberichte der Wirtschaftsforschungsinstitute 4. Ergebnisse und Defizite der...

"In the Federal Republic of Germany discussions surrounding the employment effects of environmental protection are an 'evergreen' which has passed through several development phases. Calculations of net employment effects of environmental protection at national level show, however, that it can...

"Die arbeitsmarktpolitische Wirkungsforschung hat erhebliche Bedeutung auch für die Rechtsfindung. Daß diese Bedeutung noch nicht hinreichend erschlossen ist, liegt sowohl an der unzureichenden Ausrichtung auf Fragen der Rechtsfindung als auch daran, daß auf seiten der Rechtswissenschaft noch...

"The particularly large decrease in the labour force participation of older workers since the mid-70s in the Federal Republic of Germany is primarily due to institutional policy factors. To contract the current problems of mass unemployment, legislators demanded policies for reducing the overall...

"This paper provides an overview of the sequential shift towards activating labour market and social policy in Germany. It not only shows the changes in the instruments of active and passives labour market policies but also analyzes the implications of this change for the political economy, the...

"In many countries fairly large and persistent regional disparities can be observed for a variety of economic indicators. Since these disparities can not be reduced to one single dimension, a classification system is needed to give a parsimonious overview. The article presents a system which is...

"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...