Ein "aktivierender", die Selbstständigkeit und Eigenverantwortlichkeit der BürgerInnen anrufender Staat, der gleichzeitig auf Verunsicherung, Spaltung, Kontrolle und Bestrafung setzt - gegenwärtige Politiken des Sozialen in Deutschland erweisen sich augenscheinlich als paradox. In dieser...

The Dissertation "Social Dumping: Theoretical and Empirical Aspects" consists in three logical parts, each of them analyzing the nexus labour standards - labour market outcomes - globalization. The first part, Chapter 2, is a theoretical analysis of the effects of globalization on the...

Post-communist labor markets provide an interesting laboratory since unemployment rates grew from zero to double digits and gender differences began to vary greatly across these countries. We provide the first systematic analysis of the determinants of the gender unemployment gap in the Czech...

The EFF collects detailed information on household assets, debts, income, consumption, and demographic variables. One important characteristic of this survey is that it oversamples high-wealth households. Another important characteristic of the EFF is that the second wave has a full panel...

In mid-2008, high employment and low unemployment rates characterised the Estonian labour market in comparison with the average of the EU15 countries. While aggregate outcomes improved during 2000 07, large inequalities persisted across regions, ethnic groups, and workers with different skill...

Una vez superada la etapa más aguda de la crisis del Covid-19, que ha supuesto una respuesta inmediata y contundente de la política económica, el gobernador plantea las medidas económicas prioritarias en la fase siguiente a la hibernación y la puesta en marcha, de manera urgente, de una...

The COVID-19 crisis has elicited an immediate and forceful economic policy response. With the height of the crisis behind us, the Governor has set out priority economic measures for the post-lockdown phase. He calls for the urgent launch of an ambitious, comprehensive, permanent and assessable...