The study assesses net employment effects of technical progress which can be expected by the ongoing transition from end-of-pipe technologies towards cleaner production. Empirical evidence is presented on the basis of case studies and panel data including a telephone survey in German industry....

This study provides empirical evidence for the economic rationality of wage rigidities. Theoretically wage rigidities can result from contracts, implicit contracts, from efficiency wages and from insider-outsider behaviour. Based on a survey of 801 firms strong support has been found for...

Nach den Ergebnissen der 34. Konjunkturumfrage für DV-Dienstleistungen, die schwerpunktmäßig im Oktober und November 2003 stattfand, wird sich die Konjunktur weiter erholen, das Geschäftsklima hat sich im dritten Quartal 2003 bereits zum dritten Mal in Folge verbessert. Positiv ist vor...