Die Montagsdemonstrationen im Anschluss an die Umsetzung der Vorschlage derHartz-Kommission und die aktuelle Diskussion um die Einfuhrung von Mindestlohnenmachen deutlich, dass das Politikfeld Arbeitsmarktpolitik { zumindest periodisch{ stark im Zentrum des oentlichen Interesses steht. Seit...

Economists use partial and general equilibrium trade simulation models toestimate the impact of changes in domestic policies and international trade rules.During the WTO Doha Development Agenda (DDA) negotiations economists haveproduced many different estimates of the gains that would result...

Unterschiede in der organisationsdemografischen Zusammensetzung von Organisationensind nachweislich personalwirtschaftlich relevant: Zahlreiche empirische Studiender Organisationsdemografieforschung belegen, dass organisationsdemografische Merkmalewie Geschlecht, Alter, Dauer der...

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing our planet in the foreseeable future anddespite the urgency of the situation global GHG emissions are still increasing. In this context,and since future climate changes appear now unavoidable to some extent, adaptation measureshave recently...

Climate change has developed into a key concern of a globalised world, with huge attentionin popular and media discourses and with consequences in virtually all fields ofscience and politics. As a cross-cutting issue, climate change is connecting distant andsometimes highly controversial fields....

With only weeks to go untilthe United Nations climate change conferencein Copenhagen, the world is looking for itsleaders to strike a deal that will be farreachingenough to curb catastrophic climatechange from occurring. For the insuranceindustry this agreement is about more thanpreparing for a...

Back in the eighteenth century, the insurance industry in London incentivised widespread behaviour to mitigate fire risk by introducing the world’s first building fire codes in the form of fire marks, and then creating the world’s first organised fire services. Now 350 years later, the...