The objective of this paper is to present different equity rules that can be applied to the initial allocation of greenhouse gas entitlements and to analyse the potential impacts of these rules EU-wide as well as on the level of member states. The methodological framework used in the empirical...

The paper investigates the business cycle relationships between the EU-15, the EU-11, as well as the EU-core countries for the period 1971 to 1997. Emphasis is put on the question whether there is a synchronization in the national business cycles or not. Using One-way- and Two-way-Anova...

While a widespread consensus exists among macroeconomists that the German labour market reforms in 2003-2005 have successfully contributed to the decline of the unemployment rate, critics claim that the reforms led to wage restraint and consequently consumption dampening accompanied by...

A growing body of programme evaluation literature recognises immigrants as a disadvantaged group on European labour markets and investigates the employment effects of Active Labour Market Pro-grammes (ALMPs) on this subgroup. Using a meta-analysis, we condense 93 estimates from 33 empir-ical...

Im Weißbuch der EU-Kommission von 1994 und in der Jobs Study der OECD wurde eine stärkere Betonung von Maßnahmen gefordert, die Arbeitslosen die Rückkehr in den regulären Arbeitsmarkt erleichtern. Nur wenige Regierungen haben dieser Forderung Rechnung getragen.

Vom 14. bis 16. Mai 2001 veranstaltete die Akademie für Politische Bildung eine Konferenz zu den "Auswirkungen der Osterweiterung der EU auf die Arbeitsmärkte - Optionen für die Politik". Im Mittelpunkt der Abschlußdiskussion stand die Frage, welche Reformen für die gegenwärtigen...

This paper studies theoretically and empirically why and how labor policies may reduce productivity and employment in order to stabilize labor incomes and redistribute resources. It proposes a specific stylized model where the tradeoffs facing labor policies are influenced by structural factors,...

This paper investigates regional or international transfers as a means to prevent immigration into unemployment. We analyze a two-country model with free migration in which the rich country is characterized by minimum wage unemployment. Matching grants for investment in infrastructure are...