Die Wohnraumversorgung ist ein wichtiger Indikator für das Wohlbefinden innerhalb einer Gesellschaft. In der DDR versprach die sozialistische Wohnungspolitik den BürgerInnen niedrige Mieten und einen hohen Kündigungsschutz. Dafür war die durchschnittliche Wohnraumqualität gering und die...

30 Jahre nach dem Mauerfall wurde keine volle Konvergenz der Wirtschaftsleistung und der Lebensverhältnisse zwischen Ost- und Westdeutschland erreicht. Das Papier zeigt die unvollständige Konvergenz bei Produktivität, Einkommen, Steueraufkommen und Vermögen auf. Es diskutiert mögliche...

The central bank is one of the main pillars of a country's government and one of the institutions most required to respond to crisis situations in the economy. In this respect, the National Bank of Romania, as the monetary authority of the Romanian state, is constantly subject to such pressure....

German separation in 1949 into a communist East and a capitalist West and their reunification in 1990 are commonly described as a natural experiment to study the enduring effects of communism. We show in three steps that the populations in East and West Germany were far from being randomly...

German separation in 1949 into a communist East and a capitalist West and their reunification in 1990 are commonly described as a natural experiment to study the enduring effects of communism. We show in three steps that the populations in East and West Germany were far from being randomly...

The minimum income requirements (MIR) have led to the separation of tens of thousands of families. Although often criticised, there has been an absence of scrutiny of the MIR's central justification that it restricts access to welfare benefits. This paper shows that this justification, accepted...

This extended abstract assesses how harmonisation can be promoted and achieved in the European Union without a completely uniform legal system in place. The work focuses on international legal cooperation as a means to promote harmonisation throughout the EU. It uses the area of cross-border...