Die Digitalisierung wird die Arbeitswelt grundlegend verändern und damit die Lebenswelt der Beschäftigten in Zukunft entscheidend prägen. Über die Chancen und Risiken dieser Transformation wird mittlerweile eine breite gesellschaftliche Debatte geführt – die geschlechtsspezifischen...

Wer sich des Leitbild-Begriffs bedient, stößt sehr schnell auf eine spürbare Diskurs-Differenz. Einerseits greift dieser Begriff in den unterschiedlichsten Verwendungskontexten rasant Raum, andererseits steht dieser zunehmenden Kontextvielfalt eine mangelnde Begriffspräzision gegenüber. Aus...

The development of production, prices and employment in the EU electrical industry between the mid-1970s and the mid-1990s is analysed in order to test the hypothesis that the competitive pressure from low-income countries has led to the observed decline of the employment share of low-skilled...

The deterioration of the income and employment position of unskilled workers in the OECD since the 1980s is a well-documented fact. The debate about the causes of this development is dominated by two competing hypotheses, "North-South Trade" ("globalisation") and technological progress. Several...

This paper examines the implications of restricting the tradability of carbon rights in the presence of induced technical change. Unlike earlier approaches aiming at exploring the tradability-technology linkage we focus on climate-relevant 'carbon-saving' technical change. This is achieved by...

The euro area experienced a slowdown in output and Total Factor Productivity growth in the 1990s compared to the 1980s. We ask the following questions. Is the apparent slowdown in euro area output due to a lack of proper accounting for capital quality improvement? The answer is no. Did...