Verwaltungsverfahren zum Vollzug von Immobilienverträgen sind bürokratisch und langwierig, daher stehen amtliche Daten zur Entwicklung von Immobilienpreisen nur zeitverzögert und lückenhaft bereit. Infolgedessen werden für wichtige Aufgaben – wie die Überwachung der Finanzstabilität...

This paper documents the trends in the life-cycle profiles of net worth and housing equity between 1983 and 2004. The net worth of older households significantly increased during the housing boom of recent years. However, net worth grew by more than housing equity, in part because other assets...

Property values are affected by the properties’ physical, accessibility and environmental features. Railway stations function as nodes in transport networks and places in an urban environment. They have accessibility and environmental impacts, which contribute to property value. The literature...

The low unemployment rates traditionally enjoyed by Sweden have often been attributed to the country's extensive system of active labour market programmes, which have thus frequently been regarded as a model for other countries to emulate. However, unemployment grew enormously in Sweden when the...

The 'Swedish model' of active labour market programmes is investigated in relation to some crucial institutional features with two aims: examining how successful it has been in the context of the high unemployment atypically experienced by Sweden in the 1990s and trying to derive some general...

Schulinspektionen haben im Bildungssystem die Aufgabe, die Qualität von Schule zu überprüfen und Impulse für Schulentwicklung anzustoßen. Es gibt jedoch keinen Konsens darüber, was man unter Qualität versteht. Im Rahmen des Beitrags wird untersucht, inwiefern Schulinspektionen in ihren...

This literature review starts with a general discussion of young people and their various activities with special emphasis on youth unemployment and the outcome of alternative ways of measuring the prevalence of unemployment among young people. Thereafter the focus turns to measures targeted at...