[eng] Towards a New Economie Policy in Europe? Ray Barrell (Niesr-London); Paolo Bosi and Paolo Onofri (Prometeia-Bologna); Odile Chagny, Gael Dupont, Thierry Latreille, Catherine Mathieu and Henri Sterdyniak (OFCE-Paris); Joachim Volz (DIW-Berlin). There has been a clear shift towards more...

The latest economic forecasts have been revised downwards. This correction is not surprising, since earlier optimism was based on the assessment that the crisis in the euro area had been largely overcome. Furthermore, country risks remain high, new geopolitical conflicts have arisen and emerging...

Die Erwerbstätigkeit befi ndet sich in Deutschland auf einem Höchststand. Die Ursachen hierfür sind vielfältig und nicht nur in der vor zehn Jahren verabschiedeten Agenda 2010 zu sehen. Das gestiegene Bildungsniveau, die hohe Erwerbsbeteiligung, demografi sche Aspekte, die schrittweise...

The German government plans to introduce a minimum wage from 2015. This must be understood as a response to the decline in collective bargaining coverage and the marked increase in employment in the low-wage sector. The authors discuss how many workers are affected by this new regulation and...