Norway has a well-functioning labour market with high employment and a compressed wage distribution, contributing to low inequality. Norway nevertheless faces challenges from a trend decline in employment rates among the young and prime-age men. Furthermore, immigrants and people with...

Abstract: Was bedeutet im Kontext der Globalisierung das europäische Sozialmodell? Wie wirken sich ihre Erscheinungsformen auf die entstehende europäische Sozialstaatlichkeit aus? Der Band analysiert im ersten Abschnitt die sozialpolitischen Herausforderungen in der EU: Soziale...

Immigration is one of the most important policy debates in Western countries. However, one aspect of the debate is often mischaracterized by accusations that higher levels of immigration lead to higher levels of crime. The evidence, based on empirical studies of many countries, indicates that...

Politicians, the media, and the public express concern that immigrants depress wages by competing with native workers, but 30 years of empirical research provide little supporting evidence to this claim. Most studies for industrialized countries have found no effect on wages, on average, and...