Labour Market Policy and Labour Law Reforms in Germany: Towards Inclusive Growth

Abstract

This article, first, provides a comprehensive overview of German labour market policy and labour law reforms since the beginning of this millennium and assesses to what extent Germany is pursuing the principles of inclusive growth, accompanied by selective evidence of their consequences for the German labour market performance. A stylized and descriptive overview of the inclusive impact of these reforms in quantitative and qualitative terms follows, complemented finally with an essay reflecting the concept of the inclusive labour contract.