The World Turned Upside Down" Die Welt stand Kopf: Mit dieser Metapher charakterisierte der Historiker Christopher Hill in den 1970er Jahren jenes emanzipatorische Aufbegehren, das in der englischen Revolution mit seinen radikalen Forderungen nach sozialer, wirtschaftlicher, politischer und...

This study uses two samples of linked adult males to examine wealth accumulation by region and occupation between 1850 and 1870. Consistent with past research, the findings here show that wealth accumulation was substantial in the South in the 1850s and stagnant in the 1860s. The findings also...

We study a number of large international military conflicts sinceWorld War II where we establish a news analysis as a proxy for theestimated likelihood that the conflict will result in a war. We findthat in cases when there is a pre-war phase, an increase in the warlikelihood tends to decrease...

In this paper, we investigate the long-run effects of World War II on socio-economic status(SES) and health of older individuals in Europe. Physical and psychological childhood eventsare important predictors for labor market and health outcomes in adult life, but studies thatquantify these...

This paper discusses whether, in which respects, and to what extent the corporate governancesystems of Germany, the United Kingdom and France have already converged in the course ofEuropean economic integration, or are likely to converge in the foreseeable future. Wepresent, and attempt to...

We examine the interplay of markets, ethics and law, and rising demand for ethical behavior in a market driven society coping with the promise and peril of rapid technological innovation.(...)

Das schweizerische Personalrecht ist von einer weit reichenden Novellierung der Rechtsgrundlagengekennzeichnet. Die revidierte Bundesverfassung (BV)1 hat neben der Tarifautonomie derSozialpartner2 auch für den öffentlichen Dienst festgehalten, dass die Mittel des Arbeitskampfes− Streik und...

The background to the Report is the public policy debate about the introduction of a Bill of Rights or written constitution that would build on the Human Rights Act (HRA) (1998) and further strengthen human rights protection by codifying new, additional and / or strengthened rights including...