"Publicly sponsored vocational training programs are important measures of active labor market policies in Germany. A crucial factor for their success is that unemployed are willing to participate in further training. This paper deals with individual determinants of willingness to participate,...

"Vor dem Hintergrund der aktuellen Debatte um das Thema 'mehr Beschäftigung für wettbewerbsschwächere Arbeitnehmer und Arbeitslose' untersucht der Forschungsbericht die aktivierenden Wirkungen der ersten drei Stufen des Modellversuchs 'Bürgerarbeit'. Dieser Modellversuch wurde von der...

"This paper deals with the strategic reorientation concerning the instruments of active labor market policy in Germany which came into force at January 1st 2009. The main objective of this reform was to streamline the portfolio of existing instruments and make it more transparent and clearly...

"This article deals with the role of caseworkers in Germany's Federal Employment Agency ('Bundesagentur für Arbeit') in the process of implementing administrative reforms. We argue that a successful outcome of reforms depends heavily on how caseworkers understand and interpret innovations. Our...

"This article deals with the role of caseworkers in Germany's Federal Employment Agency ('Bundesagentur für Arbeit') in the process of implementing administrative reforms. We argue that a successful outcome of reforms depends heavily on how caseworkers understand and interpret innovations. Our...

"The pilot project 'Berliner Joboffensive' (BJO) aimed at increasing the number of labor market integrations of individuals receiving means-tested unemployment benefits II (also known as Hartz IV) by intensified counseling and assistance. To this end, the caseload of 650 caseworkers in twelve...

"The so-called 'One-Euro-Jobs' are an important workfare program for unemployed persons receiving benefits according to Germany's Social Code II ('Sozialgesetzbuch Zweites Buch'), aiming at needy benefit recipients who can not be integrated into regular employment by means of other active labor...

"The pilot project 'Berliner Joboffensive' (BJO) aimed at increasing the number of labor market integrations of individuals receiving means-tested unemployment benefits II (also known as Hartz IV) by intensified counseling and assistance. To this end, the caseload of 650 caseworkers in twelve...

Fünf Jahre nach Einführung des SGB II sind die Reservations- bzw. Anspruchslöhne von Empfängern des Arbeitslosengeldes II nach wie vor Gegenstand kontroverser Debatten in Medien, Politik und Wissenschaft. Werden die Empfänger des Arbeitslosengeldes II tatsächlich dazu veranlasst, auch...