models Germany and Japan. This reversal in relative economic performance might be related to idiosyncracies in financial … markets with bank-based financial markets as in Germany and Japan being possibly inferior to stockmarket based financial …

cumulated employment increase of 760,000 within seven years in Germany. The institutional setup for regulating … telecommunications could be improved in Germany and other EU countries. …

occupation it may harm some workers while benefitting others; and it may either reduce or increase the proportion of knowledge … workers in employment. In my model, knowledge (in a broad sense) is an input into the production function of human capital …-quality one. People differ in their exogenous ability and ability is complementary with the quality of the knowledge input in the …

the employer's knowledge (information) regarding the employees' productivity levels on the total time spent by the workers …

-interest, knowledge, and ideology in public opinion formation? And how do people learn about economic issues? Using a new, specially … important. Knowledge about the economy ranks somewhere in between. …

direct impact on knowledge and use of contraception. We investigate this issue using information on women in Mexico. In order … females' schooling beyond 6th grade increases their knowledge of contraception during their reproductive years and increases …

the complexity of pensions systems and degrees of myopia. In this paper, we assess levels of knowledge of pensions using a …

This article reviews empirical evidence on the early tracking system in Germany and the educational inequalities …

several tax reforms that were implemented in Germany between 2001 and 2008. Our baseline estimates indicate an overall ETI of …