Arbeitslosigkeit und insbesondere Langzeitarbeitslosigkeit führen in einer Erwerbsarbeitsgesellschaft zu einer sozialen Exklusion, da die individuellen Chancen und die gesellschaftliche Positionierung jedes einzelnen über die Erwerbsarbeit definiert werden. Deshalb ist es nicht ausreichend,...

In this report, we re-assess the role of so-called job banks as mediators into the open labour market but also as employers of unemployed job-seekers. The focus is primarily on the unemployed who became job bank clients during 2013. We follow up the labour market situation of these individuals...

We test whether different empirical methods give different results when evaluating job-search assistance programs. Budgetary problems at the Dutch unemployment insurance (UI) administration in March 2010, caused a sharp drop in the availability of these programs. Using administrative data...

We test whether different empirical methods give different results when evaluating job-search assistance programs. Budgetary problems at the Dutch unemployment insurance (UI) administration in March 2010, caused a sharp drop in the availability of these programs. Using administrative data...

"In Bureaucratic Manoeuvres, John Grundy examines profound transformations in the governance of unemployment in Canada. While policy makers previously approached unemployment as a social and economic problem to be addressed through macroeconomic policies, recent labour market policy reforms have...

Nicht erst mit der Initiierung des Entwicklungsprogramms 'BA 2020' versteht sich die Bundesagentur für Arbeit als 'lernende Organisation'. Das Zielindikatorensystem zur Bemessung und Bewertung von Effizienz und Effektivität in der Arbeitsvermittlung ist ein in diesem Zusammenhang...

In this report, we follow up the situation of individuals having re-entered the labour market with the help of a so-called job bank. The follow-up period extends over the next two years after their job-bank-mediated transition into the open labour market. We present two different sets of results...

Nicht erst mit der Initiierung des Entwicklungsprogramms 'BA 2020' versteht sich die Bundesagentur für Arbeit als 'lernende Organisation'. Das Zielindikatorensystem zur Bemessung und Bewertung von Effizienz und Effektivität in der Arbeitsvermittlung ist ein in diesem Zusammenhang...

When permitted by law, employers sometimes state the preferred age and sex of their employees in job ads. We study this practice using data from one Mexican and three Chinese job boards, showing that it is widely used to request both genders and is especially prevalent in jobs with low skill...

We develop and evaluate experimentally a novel tool that redesigns the job search process by providing tailored advice at low cost. We invited job seekers to our computer facilities for 12 consecutive weekly sessions to search for real jobs on our web interface. For half, instead of relying on...

In diesem Bericht werden erstmals Agenturbezirke mit und ohne Jugendberufsagenturen anhand verschiedener Indikatoren verglichen. Diese Indikatoren bilden das Ziel von Jugendberufsagenturen – die verbesserte berufliche Integration junger Menschen – ab. Die zur Analyse verwendeten Daten der...

The Youth Service is a programme administered by the Ministry of Social Development, designed to encourage and assist disadvantaged youth to stay in education and achieve qualifications. There are three main strands of the programme. The Youth Service (YS) is provided to recipients of the Youth...

Youth Service: Not in Employment, Education or Training (or YS: NEET) is a government programme designed to encourage and assist disadvantaged 16-17 year olds to stay in education or training and improve their qualification attainment. Community organisations are contracted to undertake needs...