In a survey published in the British Journal of Industrial Relations, Frege (2002) evaluates research on the German works council from the perspective of several disciplines, including economics. Ultimately, she concludes that economic analysis of the works council has reached a ?dead end?. The...

This paper investigates how changing the length of school year, leaving the basic curriculum unchanged, affects learning and subsequent earnings. I use variation introduced by the West-German short school years in 1966-67, which exposed some students to a total of about two thirds of a year less...

Der Bericht stellt die Aktivitäten und Netzwerke in den fünf Kooperationsräumen mit deutscher Beteiligung vor (Alpenraum, CADSES, Nordseeraum, Nordwesteuropa, Ostseeraum). Er enthält zudem auch intensive kooperationsraumübergreifende Vergleiche und unterbreitet Vorschläge für mögliche...