This paper investigates empirically the link between international outsourcing and the skill structure of labour demand in the United Kingdom. It is the first detailed study of this issue for the UK. Outsourcing is calculated using import-use matrices of input-output tables for manufacturing...

In einer großangelegten Befragungsaktion hat das Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft, Köln, ermittelt, welche Hochschulen besondere und beispielhafte Studiengänge in den Bereichen Wirtschaft, Technik und Naturwissenschaften anbieten. Ob integrierte Auslandssemester, verbindliches...

We evaluate the effect of the federal students' financial assistance scheme (BAfoeG) on enrolment rates into higher education by exploiting the exogenous variation introduced through a discrete shift in the repayment regulations. Supported students had to repay the full loan until 1990....

The recession the United States economy entered in December of 2007 is considered to be the most severe downturn the country has experienced since the Great Depression. The unemployment rate reached as high as 10.1 percent in October 2009 - the highest we have seen since the 1982 recession. In...