The global financial crisis deeply impacted labour markets around the globe. In the case of the United States, some commentators have argued that the subsequent rise in unemployment exceeded previous estimates of the elasticity of the unemployment rate with respect to output growth, a...

Technological progress and the internet brought about new possibilities of creating, storing, exchanging, replicating, and using various kinds of data for research. This paper discusses some of the dangers embedded into the reuse of data produced by some institutions by other institutions...

This paper attempts at providing a survey of the different models of individual decision making within the household. The first section reviews the traditional approach to household decision making and emphasize its weaknesses. In addition to the standard assumption of selfish agents, other...

Contents: 1. Forum Economique Franco-Allemand - Deutsch-Französisches Wirtschaftspolitisches Forum...1 -- 2. EMU and the Labour Market - A Speculative Assessment - Karl-Heinz Paqué...2 -- 3. Tax Competition in the European Monetary Union: Present and Prospects - Jacques Le Cacheux...14 -- 4....