On behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour (BMWA), this pilot study develops a research plan to evaluate those labour market policy measures which have been implemented on the recommendation of the…
Structural changes take place in an increasingly complex economic environment by reallocating micro units. With the first waves of the IAB establishment panel for Baden-Wuerttemberg available it is now possible…
The aim of this study is to find out if personnel managers encounter a shortage of engineers. On the basis of a written questionnaire it is asked if German establishments are suffering from a shortage of engineers…
This project assessed the impact of new public measures to foster mediation of the unemployed into employment. Based on micro- and macroeconomic data effects of mediation vouchers, the delegation of mediation to…
This project aims at evaluating the efficiency in terms of job placement of the instruments used within the framework of the so-called “alliance for jobs” in the county of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald. Using hazard…
In Germany, over a third of all new hires are based on fixed-term contracts. However, the effects of fixed-term contracts on individual career paths and the employment conditions of fixed-term workers have not…
Since many years the analysis of the determinants for the length of individual unemployment durations is subject to scientific and political discussion in Germany. However, the results of the existing scientific…