TY - GEN A1 - Büchs, Milena T1 - EU-Beschäftigungsstrategie : Effektiv und demokratisch? T1 - The EU employment strategy : Effective and democratic? N2 - The European Employment Strategy (EES) belongs to the European Union’s „softer“, legally non-binding policy instruments. Many politicians and academics associated its introduction with the expectation for a strengthening of the EU’s social dimension and democratic quality. This article examines whether, so far, the EES can be regarded as effective and legitimate. To illustrate this, the author briefly examines the role of the EES for the development of labour market policy in Germany and the UK. KW - Europäische Union KW - europäische Beschäftigungsstrategie KW - Arbeitsmarkt KW - Deutschland KW - Vereintes Königreich KW - European Union KW - European employment strategy KW - labour market KW - Germany KW - United Kingdom Y1 - 2005 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-47829 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Deimer, Klaus T1 - Niedriglohn und soziale Sicherung T1 - Low wages and social insurance N2 - In the need to reform the German labour market, the so-called ‚Hartz IV’- Act cut down subsidies for unemployed people in order to increase the pressure for searching for a new job. By law, low-paid jobs shall be introduced. However, even if this creates employment, there will be a future problem: pensions for these people will dramatically drop below the poverty line. The author argues that, in order to avoid such ‘poverty-traps’, an alternative social support system should be considered: a ‘tax transfer system’ with lowered income tax, yet complete reduction of legal exceptions on the one hand, and transfer systems combined with work incentives on the other hand. KW - Deutschland KW - Arbeitsmarkt KW - Sozialversicherung KW - Germany KW - labour market KW - social insurance Y1 - 2005 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-47850 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Döhrn, Roland T1 - Ist alles, was kurzfristig hilft, auch langfristig gut? T1 - Do short-term effects help in the long run? N2 - Flassbeck’s article proposes to use demand management to enhance growth in Germany in order to increase employment. The author considers this kind of policy to release positive, but merely short-term effects. In the long run, he argues, government measures such as the deregulation of the labour market are necessary strategies for long-term growth. KW - Arbeitsmarkt KW - Wirtschaftswachstum KW - Beschäftigungspolitik KW - Labour market KW - economic growth KW - employment policy Y1 - 2005 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-47877 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Flassbeck, Heiner T1 - Arbeitsplätze durch Wachstum : anders geht es nicht T1 - Employment needs growth : there is no other way! N2 - The author argues that growth determines employment and not the other way around. He opposes the widespread view among German economists that more employment generated by wage cuts or increased labour market flexibility will stimulate growth. For him, this view relies on theoretical prejudices that have to be rejected in light of some recent, simple evidence. The fact that all cyclical rebounds during the 1990s have been cut short by restrictive monetary policy explains the inability of the German labour market to regain full employment. KW - Arbeitsmarkt KW - Wachstum KW - Beschäftigungspolitik KW - Labour market KW - growth KW - employment policy Y1 - 2005 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-9756 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Graupe, Silja T1 - Mythos Arbeitsmarkt : japanische Sichten T1 - The myth of the labour market : Japanese views N2 - Modern Japanese philosophy offers a new approach to describing the world of labour. The article compares this approach with neoclassical labour market theories. Neither the working individual nor her "labour world" are sufficient as starting points to explain certain forms of organization. Instead, Graupe focuses on the "context of action". As an example of organisation, which classic economical theory is unable to explain, she presents "internal labour markets". The Japanese philosophical understanding of the world influences thus the specific design of working worlds in Japan. KW - Japan KW - Arbeitsmarkt KW - Organisation KW - Wirtschaftstheorie KW - Japan KW - labour markets KW - organisation KW - economical theory Y1 - 2005 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-48322 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kessing, Sebastian G. A1 - Konrad, Kai A. T1 - Konjunkturpolitik kann Strukturreformen nicht ersetzen T1 - Cyclic policy cannot replace structural reforms N2 - The authors agree with Flassbeck’s claim that growth generates employment. However, they do not agree with Flassbeck’s conviction that growth is to be increased by demand management. In their comment, they explain why deficit spending and expansionary monetary policy are inappropriate substitutes for a sound structural policy. KW - Arbeitsmarkt KW - Wachstum KW - Beschäftigungspolitik KW - Labour market KW - growth KW - employment policy Y1 - 2005 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-47880 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Kindelberger, Kilian A1 - Poleschner, Annerose T1 - Arbeitsmarktpolitische Gemeinschaftsinitiativen : das EQUAL-Projekt INCLUSION T1 - The EQUAL-project INCLUSION N2 - Community Initiatives are one part of implementing European Employment Strategy in the European Union’s member countries. By the example of the EQUAL-Project „INCLUSION - Integration-Network for Migrants in the Federal State of Brandenburg“, this article critically examines what results such projects can achieve. Following ADAPT and EMPLOYMENT, the initiative EQUAL started in 2001 with the stated mission to promote social integration in working life through fighting against discrimination and exclusion. KW - Europäische Union KW - europäische Beschäftigungspolitik KW - Arbeitsmarkt KW - European Union KW - European employment strategy KW - labour market Y1 - 2005 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-47834 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Rehder, Britta T1 - Mitbestimmung im Investitionswettbewerb T1 - Participation in competition for investments N2 - This article explores the impact of the internationalised economy on work relationships between German companies and their subsidiaries in Eastern and Central Europe. The author refers to empirical research findings in the field of social sciences that shed light on the interest groups’ scope of participation in international competition for investments. KW - Arbeitsmarkt KW - Zentraleuropa KW - Osteuropa KW - Gewerkschaften KW - labour market KW - Central and Eastern Europe KW - trade unions Y1 - 2005 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-9764 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Straubhaar, Thomas T1 - Wachstum bleibt das Gebot der Stunde T1 - The dictates of the moment remains growth N2 - The author agrees with Flassbeck that growth is important, particularly as a condition to solve existing structural problems of the labour market. Yet, in his opinion the central question is how to get higher growth rates. Straubhaar’s answer is different from Flassbeck’s: a ‘no’ to more public deficits, more regulations and more state activities; and, a ‘yes’ to more market, more flexibility, more mobility. KW - Arbeitsmarkt KW - Wachstum KW - Beschäftigungspolitik KW - Labour market KW - growth KW - employment policy Y1 - 2005 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-47867 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Trampusch, Christine T1 - Sozialpolitik in Post-Hartz Germany T1 - Social politics in Post-Hartz Germany N2 - The article points to the following causes of German social policy reform, as it has taken shape by the so-called ‘Hartz’-Acts: the self-inflicted financial crisis of the welfare state, the return of party leaders as agenda setters, and the weakening of employers associations and trade unions in this policy field. Through a large, informal coalition, the political parties have responded to various internal conflict constellations. KW - Deutschland KW - Sozialstaat KW - Arbeitsmarkt KW - Germany KW - welfare state KW - labour market Y1 - 2005 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-47845 ER -