This microeconometric study analyzes the effects of individual leisure sports participation on long-term labour market variables, on socio-demographic as well as on health and subjective well-being indicators for West Germany based on individual data from the German Socio-Economic Panel study...

Seit einigen Jahren wird in Deutschland über Veränderungen in der Finanzierungund im Leistungskatalog des Krankenversicherungssystems intensiv diskutiert. Dabeiwerden häufig problematische Anreizstrukturen im Hinblick auf das Verhaltender Versicherten genannt. Insbesondere haben Versicherte...

The main determinants of the financial problems of the German statutory health and longtermcare systems are demographic aging, the medical-technical progress as well as thedisproportionate cost increase in long-term care services. Concerning these factors, onlyreform concepts on the expenditure...

The German Income Tax Reform 2000, which announced a reduction in income tax rates to beimplemented in a series of three stages, was welcomed by the public as a step towards unleashinglurking growth potentials. Nonetheless, in the course of the year 2001 a dispute arose, centeringaround the...

This paper investigates the determinants of European financial analysts' forecasts differential accuracy.

Showcasing data from all areas of the ILC program and other sources, Charting International Labor Comparisons is a gateway to explore how key labor market and other national economic measurements compare across countries. There are links to previous editions of the Chartbook of International...

Die vorliegende Arbeit versucht, statt der üblichen passiven Vorgehensweise, durch die Arbeitslosigkeit nicht verhindert werden kann, aktive Lösungen zu entwickeln, mit denen versucht wird, die von Personalabbau Betroffenen noch vor dem oder in direktem Anschluss an den Verlust des...