The "Handbook Labour Market 2013" provides an extensive inventory of the German labour market. It sketches the development since 2006, analyses the short and long-term perspectives and summarises political decisions as relevant to the labour market in a detailed chronicle. The publication deals in detail with two current and central topics: * the employment transitions and their relevance for the quality of work as well as * the consequences of the latest economic recovery and the future decline of labour supply for the demand for skilled workers A detailed index facilitates the search for important key words. The data stored on the attached CD-ROM contains extensive and in part internationally comparable data relating to the central indicators of the German labour market, and includes current benchmarks relating to basic security benefits. The same may also be downloaded free of charge from the Internet. For more information about the "Handbook Labour Market 2013" please go to www.iab.de/hb2013.