Das IAB äußert sich in dieser Stellungnahme zum Antrag der Fraktion der SPD und der Fraktion Bündnis 90/Die Grünen im Landtag Nordrhein-Westfalen: "Förderung eines dauerhaften sozialen Arbeitsmarktes - Arbeit statt Arbeitslosigkeit finanzieren" (Drucksache 16/8655) und dem Antrag der...

Ein-Euro-Jobs verfolgen vielfältige Zielsetzungen. Zum einen sollen sie arbeitsmarktfernen Leistungsbeziehern helfen, mittelfristig wieder auf dem ersten Arbeitsmarkt zu arbeiten. Zum anderen können sie eingesetzt werden, um die Arbeitsbereitschaft von ALG-II-Beziehern zu überprüfen. Der...

This paper analyses the effectiveness of public works programmes (PWPs) in creating employment, reducing poverty and reinforcing the existing social protection system in Namibia. Using data and information from a survey conducted in northern Namibia, it is established that while public works...

"This article provides a result-oriented view on the current status of German active labor market policy evaluation. The literature shows that nearly all groups of instruments positively affect the labor market prospects of at least particular groups of participants. However, regarding the...

"This compelling book provides concrete examples and practical guidelines for addressing the most serious economic challenge facing the United States and every community in the nation: growing good jobs and enabling people to function effectively in these occupations. Lays out a methodology that...

"In the depths of a depression in 1894, a highly successful Gilded Age businessman named Jacob Coxey led a group of jobless men on a march from his hometown of Massillon, Ohio, to the steps of the nation's Capitol. Though a financial panic and the resulting widespread business failures caused...

Die Arbeitsmarktforschung und Erkenntnisse aus dem operativen Geschäft haben gezeigt, dass es relevante Personengruppen im Bereich des Zweiten Buches Sozialgesetzbuch (SGB II) gibt, deren Chancen auf Integration in ungeförderte Beschäftgung marginal sind. Da diese Personen, vom Gesetzgeber...

This paper analyses the employment adjustment of state- and privately-owned companies before and during the global crisis. Using Hungarian data, it finds that the net job creation rate is similar across the two ownership types before the crisis, but during the crisis state-owned companies have a...

"In 2000, governments made a commitment through the Millennium Development Goals to reduce poverty and hunger by half by 2015. However, despite the reorientation of much of aid policy towards the fight against poverty, there are concerns that many countries will be unable to make meaningful...

Recent years have seen an increasing interest in using public-works programs as anti-poverty measures in developing countries. This paper analyzes the rural labor market impacts of the Indian National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, one of the most ambitious programs of its kind, by using a...