Although an inverse relationship between sickness absence and unemployment has beendocumented in a number of studies using either quarterly or annual data from differentcountries with varying institutional frameworks, it is not yet clear whether this empiricalregularity is due to changes in the...

This study uses panel data describing about 6,500 employees in a large international companyto study the incentive effects of performance related pay. The company uses two performancerelated remuneration mechanisms. One is an individual "surprise" bonus payment. The other isa more structured...

Vorliegendes Arbeitspapier untersucht die internationalen Entwicklung von Arbeitseinstellungen auf der Basis einer groß angelegten Untersuchung.

A theoretical model is advanced that demonstrates that, if teacher and student attendancegenerate a shared good, then teacher and student attendance will be mutually reinforcing.Using data from the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan, empirical evidence supportingthat proposition is...

The proportion of U.S. high school students working during the school year ranges from 23% in thefreshman year to 75% in the senior year. This study estimates how cumulative work histories duringthe high school years affect probability of dropout, high school academic performance, and...

In the United States, both federal and state governments have tried to establish and enforcechild labor laws to protect youth from work that interferes with their schooling. While federalchild labor law focuses on the work experience of minors, especially those aged 15 andbelow; state child...

Mit der Vorlage des Arbeitsentwurfs zum neuen TKG hat das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit (BMWA) einen ersten und entscheidenden Schritt zur Schaffung des neuen Gesetzes geleistet. Auch wenn dieser Entwurf wichtige Teile, wie etwa die gesamten neuen Verfahrensregelungen noch nicht...

The importance of IPR regimes for large firm innovation is well documented but less is known about their impact on typically less innovative self-employed entrepreneurship. The paper sets out to estimate the net effect of the various elements that comprise an IPR regime including the political...

Markets for complex, multi-faceted goods normally require a complex institutionalframework to function properly, i.e., to lead to patterns of outcomes that are deemedacceptable by the individuals involved. This paper examines the institutionalunderpinnings of the market for urban land use...

Die bilanzielle Abbildung der mit dem Emissionsrechtehandel zusammenhängenden Sachverhalte im IFRS-Abschluss ist nicht explizit geregelt. Schrifttum (vgl. Abschn. IV.) und Unternehmenspraxis (vgl. Abschn. VII.) haben mehrere Bilanzierungsalternativen entwickelt. Im Kern illustriert dieser...