In the past few years the informal sector in countries in transition hasincreasingly become the focus of research, public policy and the media.The term ‘informal sector’ has been used to describe an extremely widespectrum of activities, which do not necessarily have much in common,such as...

This paper pursues three aims. First, we provide a review of current theoretical advanceswhich pertain to the relationship between trade, FDI and labor markets. We do so under thefollowing (not mutually exclusive) headings: (1) slicing-up the value added chain and the turnto a task-based...

This paper examines an economic union where oligopolistic firms produce by skilled andunskilled labor and do in-house R&D by skilled labor. The planner of the union accepts newmembers to the union, regulates the labor market through a minimum wage for unskilledlabor and supports firms by...

In einer globalisierten Wirtschaft wird man denSozialstaat nur erhalten können, wenn man innovativ ist, also neueProdukte entwickelt und durch effiziente Produktionsverfahren auchbei hohen Löhnen wettbewerbsfähig bleibt.Wie das zu machen ist,haben uns Schweden und Finnland vorgeführt. Als...

Neben dem Schutz der Bevölkerung vor zentralenRisiken wie Krankheit und Armut ist es Aufgabedes Sozialstaates, einen Beitrag zur Verbesserungder Beschäftigungslage und wirtschaftlichen Entwicklungzu leisten. Die Verbesserung der Beschäftigungssituationgerät angesichts der nachwie vor hohen...

We present evidence about the role of rent sharing in fostering the interdependence of labourmarkets around the world. Our results draw on a firm-level panel of more than 2,000multinationals and more than 5,000 of their affiliates, covering 47 home and host countries.We find considerable...