Das ifo Institut hat im letzten Jahr zusammen mit dem Deutschen Institut fu¨r Wirtschaftsforschung in Berlin im Auftrag des damaligen Bundesministeriums fu¨r Wirtschaft und Arbeit eine Studie zu den mo¨glichen Auswirkungen der geplanten EU-Dienstleistungsrichtlinie auf die Wirtschaft...

In the demographic change, a prolongation of individual employment and thus of beginning a new employment in later stages of the work life is of growing importance. On the base of microeconomic data (establishment panel of the IAB), this paper analyses firms' characteristics correlating with...

Although works councils are a core element of the German system of industrial relations, there is little reliable information on their incidence and coverage. This paper uses data from the nationally representative IAB establishment panel to fill this gap. We examine the frequency of works...