"Disability insurance - the insurance against the loss of the ability to work - is a substantial part of social security expenditures in many countries. The benefit recipiency rates in disability insurance vary strikingly across European countries and the US. This paper investigates the extent...

"Disability insurance - the insurance against the loss of the ability to work - is a substantial part of social security expenditures in many countries. The benefit recipiency rates in disability insurance vary strikingly across European countries and the US. This paper investigates the extent...

Im Beitrag werden Umfang und Niveau der regionalen Mobilität anhand ihrer Bestandteile "zirkuläre Mobilität", "Wohnungswechsel innerhalb Deutschlands" und "Auslandswanderungen" ostdeutscher Personen bzw. Haushalte im Vergleich zu westdeutschen Personen bzw. Haushalten untersucht. Im Ergebnis...

"Die Diskussion über die Zukunft von Maßnahmen zur Berufsvorbereitung und sozialen Eingliederung junger Ausländer (MBSE) wurde bislang erschwert durch das Fehlen umfassender Wirkungsuntersuchungen. Ausgangspunkt einer Evaluation von MBSE muß eine Bestandsaufnahme der bisher vorliegenden...

"Before industrialization, traditional communities - families, local neighborhoods, and religious groups - were meant to safeguard their members from risks like poverty. As the transition into industrialization produced new risks or generalized previously limited risks, this fallback system...

"The economic potential of ethnic and cultural diversity is often underestimated. This paper summarizes a number of recent studies which show that 'soft' factors such as attitudes, perceptions and identities - and in particular ethnic identities - significantly affect economic outcomes. More...

"The economic potential of ethnic and cultural diversity is often underestimated. This paper summarizes a number of recent studies which show that 'soft' factors such as attitudes, perceptions and identities - and in particular ethnic identities - significantly affect economic outcomes. More...