German tradition to the rise of social policy in the Western world in the 19th and 20th centuries. Germany pioneered modern … social policy in the 19th century when Bismarck introduced social insurance. After the Second World War, Germany’s Social … Market Economy became a model of social integration. The volumes cover the history of ideas (volume 1), the legal and …

This work exploits the natural experiment provided by the unexpected disintegration of socialist East Germany to study … correlation approach, annual district-level migration data for 1991 and 1992 and unique rental price indicators from Germany … various exogenous origin-region push factors related to the deteriorating economic conditions in East Germany yield estimates …

This is a revised and updated version of the celebrated 'Best Book on Chinese Economy'. It sets out to analyze and … compare the operational mechanisms of the Chinese economy between the pre- and post-reform periods and through national …

economies. It treats these small economies together as a single economy by focusing on their common features. …

‘Jha is the right scholar and economist to take readers through the development of the Indian economy. Readers will be … perhaps the best and most scholarly contribution to understanding the Indian Economy and Society. Its rich historical … analytical rigour that will be hard to surpass". -Raghav Gaiha, University of Manchester, UK ‘Linking of economy and society is …

This fourth revised edition sets out to analyze and compare the operational mechanisms of the Chinese economy between … Chinese economy is conducted in terms of natural and human resources, institutional evolution, as well as economic and social …