Nach dem jüngsten Urteil des Bundesverfassungsgerichts steht die Einführung von Studiengebühren in Deutschland auf der Tagesordnung. Damit wird Deutschland der Mehrheit der europäischen Länder folgen. Die Modelle sind dabei sehr vielschichtig, was die Höhe, aber auch was die Erhebung und...

High levels of employment protection reduce hiring and firing and have a theoretically ambiguous effect on the employment level. Immigrants, being new to the labor market, may be less aware of employment protection regulations and less likely to claim their rights, which may create a gap between...

This paper analyzes the effect of delayed motherhood on fertility dynamics for women living in several European countries, which differ in terms of their institutional environments. We show that the effect of delaying the first child on the transition to the second birth differs both among...