Für Deutschlanf´d als ressourcenarmes Hochlohnland ist die Bildung von Humankapital ein bedeutender Faktor für das Wirtschaftswachstum. Im Vergleich zu anderen entwickelten Volkswirtschaften ist der Anteil der Bevölkerung mit einem tertiären Bildungsabschluss relativ gering.[...]

Personal linkage between the biggest German corporations is subject to a special survey bythe monopoly-commission every two years. For the latest reporting year 2004 linkage-data isused to examine the impact of personal linkage on the compensation of management boardmembers. The assumed positive...

Rankings gewinnen in der Wissenschaft an Bedeutung, stehen aber auch in der Kritik. Es kann Unterschiedliches zu verschiedenen Zwecken mit noch anderen Folgen gerankt werden. Im Folgenden werden nur Forschungsrankings betrachtet, die entweder wissenschftliche Zeitschrig´ften oder die darin...

The finals of bicycle races have certain pecularities compared to other sports. The leading group in a bicycle race comparatively slowly up to a few meters before the finishing line, until one of the competitors tries to shake off his opponents. Only then do all riders perform to the limit.[...]

Clustering individuals or households on the basis of socio-economic variables has become awidespread practice in German social research over the past few decades. This paper is part ofa research project that explores results which may be obtained when time use patterns arechosen as the basis of...

Im Mai 2008 verkündete der Fußball-Weltverband (FIFA) eine Resolution zur sogenannten "6+5-Regel". Nach dieser Regel muss die Anzahl einheimischer Spieler in der Startformation von Vereinsmannschaften im Profifußball stufenweise aufgestockt werden. [...]

Following the collapse of the socialist systems the countries of Middle- and Eastern Europefollowed their way to democracy and a market economy with different speed and sequencing.The related political-economy issues gave rise to an ongoing debate on the question as towhether the introduction of...

The effect of the three-point rule in first league German soccer are tested empirically and compared to games freom the German cup-competition. The inclusion of cup games ensures that changes in league games can be attributed to the three-point rule.[...]

The paper theoretically analyses the effect of the introduction of the three-point-rule on thestrategies in a soccer match. Therefore the expectation values for the goal difference at theend of the game under different strategies both for matches between equally strong teams and(more...