We consider the welfare effects of skilled worker emigration in a context where skilled labor plays a role in product design. We show such emigration can benefit the residents left behind, even when consumers tastes exhibit a form of home bias...

It is argued that migration from Mexico to the US and its corresponding return migration aredetermined by international wage differentials and preferences for origin. We use a model ofjob search, savings and migration to show that job turnover is a crucial determinant of themigration process...

What is the impact of joining the European Union on a small, less developed economy? This is the generalquestion driving this research paper. In particular, the role of factor movements in explaining real wagebehavior in Portugal after its entry in the European Union (EU) is quantitatively...

Bereits im Jahr 1993 hat das Institut Arbeit und Technik (IAT) eine empirische Untersuchung zu kooperativen Arbeitsstrukturen und Gruppenarbeit ind Deutschland durchgeführt. Die damaligen Ergebnisse sorgten für einige Aufmerksamkeit, zeigten sie doch, dass die Verbreitung von Gruppenarbeit...

This dissertation explores how companies can create customized development solutions that support the individual needs of executives and the overall corporate strategy. After the theoretical framework was developed by drawing on literature from the fields of executive development, leadership,...

As passenger numbers pick up slowly after prolonged crisis, airports are anticipating a return to the stable growth of the past. However, reality is likely to be different.

This paper summarises the developments of road pricing in USA and Canada.