The IZA - fRDB database on labor market and welfare state reforms is a joint project by the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti (fRDB) which aims at establishing a comprehensive and systematic database on policy reforms in core areas of the labor market and the welfare state such as active labour market policies, non-employment benefits, employment protection, pensions and migration policies. It builds upon the fRDB reforms database and incorporates additional input from international and national sources. A preliminary version will become publicly available in spring 2009.