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Throughout the 1990s the condition of the German labour market has suffered continuous deterioration. The labour force participation rate declined; the unemployment rate rose, and an increasing number of long-term unemployed has plagued the Federal Republic’s economic situation for years. The real extent of unemployment in Germany as a whole is well over the given figure of 4.4 million for 1977. The so-called hidden labour force (jobseekers who are willing and able to work but who are not registered with the employment office) is around 1.6 million (not including job scheme participants). On top of this there are over 2 million people involved in labour-oriented sociopolitical schemes. If these figures are taken into account, Germany has a current shortfall of some 7 million jobs (Kieselbach, 1998).
In collaboration with Birgitt Erdwien.
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Kieselbach, T., Beelmann, G. (2000). Youth Unemployment and Health in Germany. In: Kieselbach, T. (eds) Youth Unemployment and Health. Psychology of Social Inequality, vol 9. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-11897-8_7
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