National policymakers are increasingly aware that their tax policy options are constrained by international tax … competition. Important features of national tax systems - notably the tax mix, tax rates and rules which define the tax base … aim of the present paper is twofold: Firstly, we detail the tax mix of four member states of the European Union (Germany …

National policymakers are increasingly aware that their tax policy options are constrained by international tax … competition. Important features of national tax systems - notably the tax mix, tax rates and rules which define the tax base … aim of the present paper is twofold: Firstly, we detail the tax mix of four member states of the European Union (Germany …

Gewerkschaft / Deutschland, Gewerkschaftsmitglied, Globalisierung - German unions, union membership, globalization …, decline in German unionism …

Despite its lack of attractiveness to other countries, the German system of quasi-parity codetermination at company … parity. And although the German system may be better than its reputation among foreigners, it might have to adapt to … globalization and the availability of alternative forms of corporate governance in the EU. -- Codetermination ; board-level employee …

der EU anpassen. -- codetermination ; worker directors ; board-level employee representation ; firm performance, Germany …

Despite its lack of attractiveness to other countries, the German system of quasiparity codetermination at company … parity. And although the German system may be better than its reputation among foreigners, it might have to adapt to … globalization and the availability of alternative forms of corporate governance in the EU. -- codetermination ; worker directors …

composition of parent-child time varies across countries with different welfare regimes: Finland, Germany and the United States …: There is considerable evidence of welfare regime effects on parent-child shared time. Our results provide mixed support for … case of leisure time and eating time. -- parent-child time ; comparative research ; welfare regimes ; Finland ; Germany …

German and United States data from the Luxembourg Income Study are used to compare the relative economic well-being of … Germans and Americans in the 1980s. In our analysis we use both official equivalence scales and consumption-based country …-specific equivalence scales developed for Germany and the United States by Merz et al. (1993). We verify previous studies that show that …

, inequality or poverty. This is true for country specific work or for cross-national comparisons. Researchers generally either use … for cross-national comparisons. -- alternative equivalence scale ; Germany ; USA ; distribution of income ; inequality … a country specific equivalence scale (social assistance, expert based, or poverty scales), or adopt a single scale for …