Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/158652 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Citation: 
[Journal:] Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for Labour Market Research [ISSN:] 2510-5027 [Volume:] 40 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) [Place:] Nürnberg [Year:] 2007 [Pages:] 45-64
Publisher: 
Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg
Abstract: 
Having faced high unemployment rates for more than a decade, the German government implemented a comprehensive set of labour market reforms during the period 2003-2005. This paper describes the economic and institutional context of the German labour market before and after these so-called Hartz reforms. Focussing on active policy measures, we delineate the rationale for reform and its main principles. As preliminary results of programme evaluation studies post-reform have become available just now, we give a first assessment of the effectiveness of key elements of German active labour market policy before and after the Hartz reforms. The evidence indicates that the re-organisation of public employment services was mainly successful, with the exception of the outsourcing of services. Re-designing training programmes seems to have improved their effectiveness, while job creation schemes continue to be detrimental for participants' employment prospects. Wage subsidies and start-up subsidies show significantly positive effects. On balance, therefore, the reform seems to be moving the German labour market in the right direction.
Subjects: 
Arbeitsmarktpolitik - Erfolgskontrolle
Hartz-Reform
Bundesagentur für Arbeit - Organisation
Weiterbildungsförderung
Arbeitsbeschaffungsmaßnahme
aktivierende Arbeitsmarktpolitik
Deregulierung
Lohnsubvention
Existenzgründungszuschuss
Document Type: 
Article

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