inputs inside their boundaries. This observation is difficult to reconcile with the property rights approach of the firm … this paper we introduce economies of scope into a property rights model where a producer contracts with two suppliers. The … decides whether to offshore inputs. -- multinational firms ; outsourcing ; intra-firm trade ; property rights approach …

approach regarding the introduction of additional minimum wages in Germany and more generous in-work benefits combined with an … unchanged level of social assistance. -- in-work benefits ; minimum wages ; subsidized employment ; Germany …

Despite a sequence of labor market reforms in recent years, employment of older workers in Germany is still lower than … market policy and social benefits. It can be shown that the institutional framework currently in place in Germany is … retirement ; labor market policies ; Germany …

structured and to what it extent it could influence actual policy-making in Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden over the last …

In the late nineties, Germany was often seen as a laggard with respect to labor market and welfare state reforms with … Germany have in fact contributed to overcoming structural weaknesses of a Continental European 'welfare state without work … sustainable with respect to the future of the German labor market. -- Germany ; labor market policy ; labor market reforms …

principles, instruments, target groups and governance in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the …

The salient rank-size rule known as Zipf's law is not only satisfied for Germany's national urban hierarchy, but also …

and services as well as between different types of service sub-sectors. The paper takes manufacturing, a sector dominated …-skill services (hotels and restaurants, cleaning). We find that dynamic job creation in these segments of the service sector was … possible due to a less regulated institutional environment. -- Service sector ; Germany ; dual labor market ; low-skilled work …

Erwerbstätigkeit und Familiengründung zu einer echten Entweder-oder-Entscheidung. In Deutschland und vielen anderen OECD-Ländern wurden … Jahre kohärent ausgestaltet waren und die Vereinbarkeit von Familie und Beruf verbessert haben. Beim Blick auf Deutschland … dem zum Teil entgegen. Insgesamt befindet sich Deutschland in einer durchaus widersprüchlichen Übergangssituation …

; language ; culture ; internal migration ; gravity ; Germany …