"This study, which is based on official statistics and data from surveys, adduced that in the past years more and more skilled workers have been employed in jobs in which their specialist qualifications were not necessary, they were left unexploited and expired.The study showed in particular...

"Im Herbst hat das IAB eine Befragung bei einer repräsentativen Gruppe von deutschen Arbeitslosen durchgeführt, die ein Jahr zuvor (im September 1974) beim Arbeitsamt arbeitslos gemeldet waren. Mit einer schriftlichen Befragung wurden u.a. detaillierte Informationen über berufliche...

"The impact of changes of the occupational field on the socio-economic status after unemployment has not received much attention in the literature so far. Due to a possible loss of occupation specific human capital the effects are assumed to be detrimental. This seems especially probable if the...

"This paper analyzes the impact of the skill composition of migration flows on the host country's labor market in a specific factors two-sector model with heterogeneous labor (low-, medium-, and highly-skilled) and price- and wage-setting behavior. The low- and medium-skilled labor markets are...

Globalization and increased competition are forcing companies to review and improve their production processes to be more sustainable. However, a clear vision and environmental culture are lacking because, even today, companies are motivated to act to improve the environment essentially by...