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Labour Market and Labour Market Policy in the Eastern Part of Germany: New Approaches and New Links to Structural Policy
Author(s) -
Brinkmann Christian,
Gottsleben Volkmar
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
labour
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1467-9914
pISSN - 1121-7081
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9914.1994.tb00174.x
Subject(s) - retraining , labour economics , promotion (chess) , german , work (physics) , economics , labour supply , unification , supply side , market economy , international trade , political science , politics , mechanical engineering , archaeology , computer science , law , history , programming language , engineering
After unification, East German GNP dropped severely, total employment fell to about two thirds of the former level. Long‐term labour market prospects remain poor. From the very beginning up to now, labour market policy (short‐time work, early retirement schemes, work creation measures, further training and retraining) absorbed much of the surplus labour supply. Regulations were changed to allow for‘“mega‐measures” (contrasting the traditional individual approach). A new co‐financing model links work‐creation measures more closely to regional structural policy. A labour market infrastructure was built up in a short time, including new elements such as‘“employment promotion companies” and‘“reconstruction agents“.