Even though donor focus on employment has varied through the evolution of international development cooperation, there … is nowadays widespread consensus on its overall importance as an overarching development goal. Employment promotion is … for indirect employment promotion as a tool for temporary poverty mitigation on the one hand and approaches that …

. However recent research revealed that they do not necessarily lead to higher growth and employment rates. Recent studies … employment rates. Enterprises in Africa and Latin America caught up in matters of technology; however, this process resulted in a … substitution of employment by technology. The same is true for structural change; only the "right" kind of structural change caused …

Apart from the 200 Million unemployed, the problem of employment also affects more than 900 Million precariously … and try to handle potential trade-offs. Decisions on policies promoting employment should not be based on their low … of the paper discusses country experiences and examples of strategies fostering growth and employment and identifies the …

, zumindest in den USA, auf der Firmenebene gelöst wurde, bleiben noch einige Unklarheiten auf den Ebenen von Branchen- und … Arbeitsproduktivität durch Vergleiche von entsprechenden Stichproben im Banken- und Hotelgewerbe in den USA, Deutschland und England. In …

compares pathways into self-employment among men and women in the United States and Western Germany. Academic and vocational … credentials are more important for stabilizing self-employment in the United States than in Germany, where the lack of credentials … is a significant deterrent to self-employment entry. Intergenerational transmission of self-employment is more prominent …