Die Entwicklung des Arbeitskräfteeinsatzes von 2000 Schweizer Buchhaltungsbetrieben wird zwischen 2004 und 2009 untersucht. Dabei wird nach dem Einsatz von Familienarbeitskräften innerhalb und außerhalb des Betriebs, Fremdarbeitskräften und Lohnarbeit von Dritten und für Dritte...

Im Mai 2011 stellte Deutschland als einer der letzten EU-Staaten die Arbeitnehmerfreizügigkeit für Bürger der acht neuen EU-Mitgliedstaaten her. Nach Aufhebung der Arbeitserlaubnispflicht wurde ein zunehmender Wettbewerb zwischen verschiedenen Branchen um Saisonarbeitskräfte aus diesen...

The paper analyzes the relationship between the allocation of labor and land of the households, the number of crops grown and the number of income sources of the households with different types of shocks and risks. It uses the data from the first phase of the household survey in three provinces...

Against the background of the Middle East conflict we study the role of social embeddedness of economic actors belonging to both conflicting parties for their perceptions of transaction problems and capabilities to solve them. Our analysis is based on a quantitative survey among Israeli food...

Over the last decade, major shifts have occurred in international wheat trade. On the supply side, Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan emerged as important wheat exporters and Russia is even projected to displace the United States as the leading exporter by 2021. We analyze the pricing behavior of...

The field of price transmission is dominated by econometric time-series analysis (PTA) and rather disconnected from analyses based on CGE models. This paper addresses how a certain degree of empirically determined price transmission can be met in a single country CGE model. We examine and...

With the lock-up of multinational negotiations under the Doha Round, bilateral agreements have multiplied. The number of regioanl free trade agreements (FTAs) between and across countries has been growing considerably. The objective of the research projectis is to give an overview on the...

In this contribution it is argued and empirical proven, complementary to the existing literature, that distance to a trading partner especially in agricultural trade does not only reflect transport costs but also different areas of cultivation. The study accounts for the described patterns by...