Erwerbsbeteiligung, Armut und Sozialpolitik Archive

Hand draws a staircase while a stick figure runs up it

December 23, 2024 | Labour Market, Employment and Social Policy

Subsidised jobs for the long-term unemployed: An evaluation of the German Participation Opportunities Act

Juliane Achatz, Frank Bauer, Jenny Bennett, Nadja Bömmel, Mustafa Coban, Martin Dietz, Kathrin Englert, Philipp Fuchs, Jan Gellermann, Claudia Globisch, Sebastian Hülle, Zein Kasrin, Peter Kupka, Anton Nivorozhkin, Christopher Osiander, Laura Pohlan, Markus Promberger, Miriam Raab, Philipp Ramos Lobato, Brigitte Schels, Maximilian Schiele, Mark Trappmann, Stefan Tübbicke, Claudia Wenzig, Joachim Wolff, Cordula Zabel, Stefan Zins

Long-term unemployment remains a significant challenge for the German labour market. The IAB evaluated two programmes that had been introduced in response. The instruments aim at giving long-term ...read more

February 1, 2024 | Interviews

“Eroding trust in the state and in frontline workers can become a catalyst for the rise of populism”

Jutta Winters

Professor Gabriela Spanghero Lotta explores the dynamics of citizen-state interactions in Latin America, outlines the role of frontline workers in dealing with situations of vulnerability, and ...read more