"We study the returns on education in Europe in a comparative perspective. We extend the model of de la Fuente [(2003). Human Capital in a Global and Knowledgebased Economy. part II: Assessment at the EU Country Level. Report for the European Commission], by estimating the values of the relevant...

"Disability insurance - the insurance against the loss of the ability to work - is a substantial part of social security expenditures in many countries. The benefit recipiency rates in disability insurance vary strikingly across European countries and the US. This paper investigates the extent...

"Disability insurance - the insurance against the loss of the ability to work - is a substantial part of social security expenditures in many countries. The benefit recipiency rates in disability insurance vary strikingly across European countries and the US. This paper investigates the extent...

"Denmark is one of the European countries which has been able to reduce unemployment drastically in recent years; the unemployment figure has fallen by more than 120,000 since its peak of 340,000 in 1994. This success deserves particular attention because the policy followed in Denmark differs...

Um empirisch fundierte Aussagen zu den Entwicklungspotentialen von vier ausgewählten atypischen Arbeitsformen machen zu können, wurde 1989/90 eine international angelegte Repräsentativbefragung durchgeführt. Befragt wurden Manager und - soweit vorhanden - Arbeitnehmervertreter in 3520...

Der Beitrag wurde auf einer wissenschaftlichen Tagung anlässlich des dreißigjährigen Bestehens des Instituts für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung der Bundesanstalt für Arbeit präsentiert. Der Autor berichtet darin über dänische Erfahrungen beim Abbau der Arbeitslosigkeit. (IAB)

"In the USA, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Denmark the employment trend has been, at least in recent years, considerably more favourable than in Germany. The experiences of these countries show that there is a certain variety of ways to create more employment. In this respect there can be...

"It is true that participation in in-company further training has increased considerably in Germany over the past few years, nevertheless it ranks in the lower-medium range in European comparison. At the same time, the demand for skilled manpower is increasing steadily while the chances of...

"We study the returns on education in Europe in a comparative perspective. We extend the model of de la Fuente [(2003). Human Capital in a Global and Knowledgebased Economy. part II: Assessment at the EU Country Level. Report for the European Commission], by estimating the values of the relevant...

"Employment protection legislation, unemployment benefits and active labor market policy are Janus-faced institutions. On the one hand they are devices of insurance against labor market risk that provide income and employment security. On the other hand they influence the capacities of labor...