Labour market institutions in Germany: current status and ongoing reforms

Abstract: "Although all economists agree that a major precondition for employment creation is sustainable economic growth of at least 2% per annum, they disagree about the effects of the institutional framework on the labour market: Optimistic observers stress the high performance of external trade and the highly specialized small and medium-sized companies operating at high potential. These have a well-qualified workforce, which relies on the existence of a highly differentiated system of labour market institutions that provide a reliable basis for sustainable economic development. These analysts point to the fact that economic growth and the demand for labour is appropriately restrained by the extremely low domestic demand. Conversely, pessimistic observers blame the relatively high labour costs resulting from institutional regulation by labour and social law, collective bargaining and labour market policies as the main barrier to the creation of employment. As the German employment system

Object Details

• Alternative title: Arbeitsmarktinstitutionen in Deutschland: aktueller Stand und laufende Reformen
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 36 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: unbekannt

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: WSI-Diskussionspapier ; Bd. 152

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Düsseldorf
• (when): 2007
• Creator: Bothfeld, Silke
• Contributor: Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut in der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019072511310611766387
• Rights: Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 15.08.2025, 7:34 AM CEST