Von den Gewerkschaften initiierte und umgesetzte regionale industriepolitische Initiativen haben eine lange Tradition, in den Jahren nach der Wirtschaftskrise 2008/9 aber eine neue Dynamik erhalten. Ausgehend von einem Rückblick auf regionale industriepolitische Initiativen in den 1980er und...

Core Cities is an association of eleven cities in the UK: Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, and Sheffield. Altogether, Core Cities and their surrounding regions account for around one quarter of the UK population and economy....

Measures of individual happiness, or well-being, can guide labor market policies. Individual unemployment, as well as the rate of unemployment in society, have a negative effect on happiness. In contrast, employment protection and unemployment benefits can contribute to happiness - though when...