The completion of the European internal market is generally expected to have beneficial welfare and growth effects. To what extent will they lead to a change in employment? How will the employment effects be distributed among countries, industries and social groups?

Jahrelang wurde die starke industrielle Ausrichtung der deutschen Wirtschaft moniert. Deutschland sei zu stark exportorientiert, zu anfällig für Krisen, Nachfrage- und Wechselkursschwankungen, so die Kritik. Ein oberflächlicher Blick auf die Daten der jüngsten Wirtschaftskrise scheint die...

The opposition to a liberal stance on imports of manufactures from developing countries is growing as certain specific groups of products made in these countries prove increasingly competitive and the industrialized countries suffer from persistent high unemployment. Model computations for the...