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Coping with unemployment: mini-jobs in Germany

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Nadolska J.

Polityka Społeczna

2007

vol. 34

issue 5-6(398-399)

33-37

Since 2002, Germany has been involved in an extensive labour market reform. The reducing long-term unemployment and developing low-skilled labour was one of the main elements of new employment policy. That is why so-called Minijobs which consist of part-time work with reduced social coverage have gradually come to occupy a central place in German low-wage job development strategy. The article presents the historical background of minijobs' expansion in Germany, describes precisely recent reforms and analyses the effectiveness of presented new labour market instruments.

German Labour Market Policy Reforms

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Nadolska J.

Polityka Społeczna

2006

vol. 33

issue 9(390)

27-32

In response to exploding cost of unemployment and continuing public pressure to solve the unemployment problem, the German Federal Government has started in the recent years the largest labour market policy reform in the history of the Federal Republic. This paper analyses a comprehensive set of labour market reforms which was implemented by so called Hartz - Commission in the years 2003–2005. It provides a detailed description of the organizational changes in the Public Employment Service and new instruments of German labour market policy. It also gives a first assessment of the effectiveness of presented elements of reforms.

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Coping with unemployment: mini-jobs in Germany

German Labour Market Policy Reforms