International Journal of Manpower: Volume 30 Issue 7

Start‐up subsidies in East Germany: finally, a policy that works?

Marco Caliendo

The purpose of the paper is to estimate the effectiveness of two start‐up programs (bridging allowance and start‐up subsidy) in East Germany.

Estimating the macroeconomic effects of active labour market policies using spatial econometric methods

Reinhard Hujer, Paulo J.M. Rodrigues, Katja Wolf

The paper aims to present an analysis of the indirect and direct effects of active labour market policy measures at the regional level for Western Germany.

Do firms obey the law when they fire workers? Social criteria and severance payments in Germany

Elke J. Jahn

Employment protection legislation defines social criteria according to which firms can dismiss workers. If firms evade the law, then negotiation about compensation begins. To…

The segmentation potential of non‐standard employment: A four‐country comparison of mobility patterns

Janine Leschke

While forms of non‐standard employment (which include part‐time work and temporary employment) have received active promotion in recent years, possible negative effects emerging…

Impacts of minimum wages: a microdata analysis for the German construction sector

Marion König, Joachim Möller

In 1997 minimum wages were introduced in the West and East German construction sector. The purpose of this paper is to analyze their impact on wage growth and employment retention…

Inequality and the self‐selection of international migrants: theory and new evidence

Herbert Brücker, Cécily Defoort

The paper seeks to analyse the self‐selection of international migrants on observable skills.

PASS: a new panel study for labour market research

Mark Trappmann, Bernhard Christoph, Juliane Achatz, Claudia Wenzig

This paper aims to introduce a new large‐scale panel study (“PASS”) for research on the labour market, the welfare state and poverty that combines a sample of 6,000 recipient…

Unemployment and labour market policies: novel approaches

Uwe Blien, Elke J. Jahn, Gesine Stephan