By allowing people to obtain divorce without the consent of their spouse, Unilateral Divorce Laws (UDLs) increase the risk of divorce. Using the staggered introduction of UDLs across European countries, we show that households exposed to UDLs for longer time accumulate more savings. This effect...

Die EU-Kommission will bis zum Jahr 2012 den Kohlendioxid-Ausstoß der in der EU verkauften Neuwagen im Mittel auf 130 Gramm CO2 pro Kilometer beschränken. Die Vorschläge gehen nach Ansicht von Renate Künast und Winfried Hermann, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, nicht weit genug. Es sei zwar klar,...

Using micro panel data, labor market transitions are analyzed for the EU-member states by cumulative year-by-year transition probabilities. As female (non-)employment patterns changed more dramatically than male employment in past decades, the analyses mainly refer to female labor supply. In...

The numbers of migrants from the accessions countries have clearly increased since the enlargement of the EU in 2004. Following enlargement, the net inflow of EU8 immigrants has become 2.5 times larger than the four-year period before enlargement. Poles constitute the largest immigrant group...