Before and After the Hartz Reforms: The Performance of Active Labour Market Policy in Germany



Rheinisch-Westfalisches Institut

für Wirtschaftsforschung

Board of Directors:

Prof. Dr. Christoph M. Schmidt, Ph.D. (President),

Prof. Dr. Thomas K. Bauer

Prof. Dr. Wim Kosters

Governing Board:

Dr. Eberhard Heinke (Chairman);

Dr. Dietmar Kuhnt, Dr. Henning Osthues-Albrecht, Reinhold Schulte

(Vice Chairmen);

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dieter Ameling, Manfred Breuer, Christoph Danzer-Vanotti,
Dr. Hans Georg Fabritius, Prof. Dr. Harald B. Giesel, Karl-Heinz Herlitschke,
Dr. Thomas Koster, Tillmann Neinhaus, Dr. Gerd Willamowski

Advisory Board:

Prof. David Card, Ph.D., Prof. Dr. Clemens Fuest, Prof. Dr. Walter Kramer,

Prof. Dr. Michael Lechner, Prof. Dr. Till Requate, Prof. Nina Smith, Ph.D.,
Prof. Dr. Harald Uhlig, Prof. Dr. Josef Zweimüller

Honorary Members of RWI Essen

Heinrich Frommknecht, Prof. Dr. Paul Klemmer t

RWI : Discussion Papers

No. 41

Published by Rheinisch-Westfalisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung,
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All rights reserved. Essen, Germany, 2006

Editor: Prof. Dr. Christoph M. Schmidt, Ph.D.

ISSN 1612-3565 - ISBN 3-936454-65-5

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