Abstract (eng)
The following paper tries to give an overview over the labour market political measures of
Germany, France and the United Kingdom, as a reaction to a recession. Here, the paper deals
most of all with the recessions of the 1970s and 1990s as well as the current recession, which
developed out of the financial crisis in 2008. It deals with the question of how the three
examined countries reacted on those recessions, to be more precise, which labour market
policies they used, and what were the main differences between them. Further this paper gives
an overview over the most common labour market policy tools and players in the process of
reducing unemployment.