The reasons for the spectacular collapse of so many centrally-planned economies are a source of ongoing debate. In this paper, we use detailed farm-level data to measure total factor productivity (TFP) changes in Mongolian grain and potato farming during the 14-year period immediately preceding...

The analysis of technical efficiency (TE) on the small-scale fishery is relevant for several reasons. While this type of fishery is highly common in developing countries like Mexico, there are a very limited number of analyses assessing their efficiency. Indeed, there is no precise information...

Over the last two decades most European countries have been subject to a strong and persistent increase in their unemployment rates, leading these countries to attempt to combat obdurately high unemployment by exercising measures of Active Labor Market Policy (ALMP). These measures can be...

Despite of the particular importance of wealth as a measure of economic well-being and the various functions of wealth, its distribution on the individual level as well as the reasons for inequality in wealth holdings in Germany have not been fully explored. Marital splits constitute a potential...

Ziel der Arbeit war es, die praktische Umsetzung des Wissenskreislaufs im Call-Center zu untersuchen. Es wird gezeigt, in welchem Grad die theoretischen Ansprüche des Wissensmanagements in die Praxis umgesetzt werden und wie Wissensmanagement auf den unterschiedlichen Ebenen eines Call-Centers...