Within the social sciences, welfare state research is a very good example of how research questions have been adapted to changing circumstances and realities and how analyses have consistently built on previously accumulated knowledge. In this manner, welfare state research has become more and...

This study was prepared by Martin Schlotter while he was working with the Ifo Institute for Economic Research. It was completed in June 2011 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Econcomics at the University of Munich in November 2011. It addresses the effects of different early...

This dissertation contributes to the empirical literature on labor market dynamics by using recently available and extraordinary data to analyze the following questions: 1) With regard to employment, are there really low dynamics in the German labor market as it is discussed in the literature?...