This paper deals with the phenomenon of risk-selection and its appearance in the german compulsory health insurance …

analyses of a uniform minimum wage. The model with worker and firm heterogeneity does not restrict the sign of employment … opportunity cost of employment. …

increasing numbers of Hartz-IV recipients and low-skilled workers as well as academics. Berlin's strong employment growth has … of the reasons that Berlin is still behind when it comes to wages. The weak productivity development also indicates an …

The Munich Re was founded in 1880 and is from the very start till this day one of the leading insurance companies in …

the health of elderly people. Currently, two datasets are available for this purpose, namely the Survey of Health, Ageing … and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) and the Austrian Health Interview Survey (ATHIS). In a first part, the present study … depicts a qualitative comparison of both questionnaires concerning the coverage of the state of health, health behaviour and …

rarely addresses their health, although this is a key factor in their age-appropriate development. A study by DIW Berlin … regional differences in the quality of day care centers affect the development of children?s health. Preschool children …

The article discusses the scope and reference of occupational health and safety as set by legal standards and … specifications. Firstly, we discuss the shifting boundaries of occupational health standards with special regard to the historical … workers with individual diminished power resources are subject to limited levels of occupational health and safety. …