Increases in minimum wages in many developed and developing economies in recent years raise the question of whether and how they impact employment. We analyze the employment effects of minimum wage increases for different age groups of workers simultaneously. We construct a panel using...

Implementation of IT innovations in insurance industry enhances actual business models and creates new ones. E-insurance refers to creating and providing insurance and connected financial services through digital solutions. In this paper the impact of IT usage and digitalization on insurance...

Vorliegende Arbeit untersucht – nach intensiver Datenanalyse und -klärung – die ersten eineinhalb Jahrzehnte Transition in Ostdeutschland ökonometrisch. Im Mittelpunkt stehen dabei die Interaktionen zwischen der allgemeinen Wirtschaft und den Krankenhäusern sowie – auf Basis der...