Homelessness is still an ever-present problem in many towns and citiesin the UK today. This paper is part of a more in-depth study ofhomelessness and social exclusion. It presents the results of a small-scalestudy which illustrates the range of problems experienced by homelessyoung women and...

[...]Zu Beginn des Gutachtens wird das Verfahren, das zu einer Neuordnung vonAusbildungsordnungen führt, dargestellt und die Mitgestaltungsmöglichkeitenvon kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen in diesen Prozessen aufgezeigt. Anschließendwerden Hypothesen zur Handhabbarkeit modernisierter...

This paper documents some of the patterns in modern microeconomic data on youngpeople´s employment, attitudes and entrepreneurial behaviour. Among other sources, thepaper uses the Eurobarometer Surveys; the Labour Force Surveys from Canada and theCurrent Population Survey in the United States...

BEA’s national economic statistics provide a comprehensive view of U.S. production, consumption, investment, exports and imports, and income and saving. These statistics are best known by summary measures such as gross domestic product (GDP), corporate profits, personal income and spending,...

Die vorliegende Publikation ist eine Studie über die Arbeitsbedingungen in der österreichischen Gastronomiebranche (Restaurants und Hotels). Vorgestellt werden ihre Hauptmerkmale, der rechtliche Rahmen bzw. arbeitsmarktliche Regulation, die Arbeitsbedingungen, der Zugang der Arbeitnehmer zur...

CII Introduction: increasing financial capabilityhas been a longstanding research theme forus – from our IPOD research into attitudes ofyoung people in November 2008 to the recentthinkpiece by Jane Vass of Age UK oninclusive design for an ageing population. Inthis latest thinkpiece, Carole...

Assuming a two-period model with endogenous choices of labour, education, and saving, it is shown to be second-best efficient not to distort the choice of education...