How does the relationship between earnings and schooling change with the introduction of comprehensive economic reform? This paper sheds light on this question using a unique data set and procedure to reduce sample selection bias. Our evidence is from consistently coded, non-retrospective data...

Similarities and differences will be demonstrated between Chinese and Hungarian party-state systems. We define the role of reforms in the self-reproduction of both party-states. We shall demonstrate how different patterns of power distribution lead to the implementation of different reforms. We...

This paper analyzes the high-end range of traffic information systems for individual motorized traffic and for public transport. 'High value-added' traffic services are characterized by dynamic, personalized information, including suggestions for alternative routing; they are supplied on a...

Im Rahmen einer empirisch-deskriptiven Analyse wurde die Bedeutung der Versicherungswirtschaft in Nordrhein-Westfalen im Vergleich zum Gesamtmarkt sowie zu anderen Bundesländern und wichtigen Versicherungsstandorten untersucht. Motiviert wurde die Bearbeitung dieses Themas durch die...

Die private Versicherungswirtschaft ist sowohl für jeden Einzelnen als auch für eine Gesellschaft insgesamt sehr wichtig. Die Übernahme von privaten, unternehmerischen und gesellschaftlichen Risiken durch die private Versicherungswirtschaft dient der Stabilisierung der einzel- und...

European Union countries have implemented widespread reforms to product markets in order to stimulate competition, innovation and economic growth. We provide empirical evidence that the reforms carried out under the EU Single Market Programme (SMP) were associated with increased product market...

The effect of 'locking-in' economic reform and enhancing its credibility is generally regarded as one of the most important potential effects of regional integration. Based on a detailed review of the theoretical debate, this paper develops a general framework for assessment to evaluate the...

This paper seeks to contribute to the ongoing controversy on the distributional effects of structural reforms in developing countries. Applying inequality indices and Fields’ (2001) decomposition methodology to Bolivian household survey data of the years 1989 to 1997, we identify recent trends...