Viele ländliche Räume in Ostdeutschland sind insbesondere seit der Wiedervereinigung von rapid gesunkenen und anhaltend geringen Geburtenzahlen und seit über 50 Jahren von selektiver Abwanderung betroffen, wobei die Siebungsfaktoren Alter, Geschlecht und Qualifikation in der Regel eng...

This paper summarizes future research questions for each driver of change based on the outcomes of the WWWforEurope project and the derived policy recommendations. Firstly, a broad research question is suggested for each driver indicating the main focus of interest. In a second step, several...

We present a continuous time series on first cabin passenger fares for ocean travel from New York to the British Isles covering nearly a century of time. We discuss the conceptual and empirical difficulties of constructing such a time series, and examine the reasons for differences between the...

A common finding of many analytical models is the existence of multiple equilibria of corruption. Countries characterized by the same economic, social and cultural background do not necessarily experience the same levels of corruption. In this article, we use Kernel Density Estimation techniques...