Im westdeutschen Buchhandel haben in den letzten Jahren große Veränderungen stattgefunden. Neben einer Vielzahl von kleinen Buchhandlungen sind in sehr guten Geschäftslagen Buchkaufhäuser entstanden, die auf einer Verkaufsfläche von mehreren tausend Quadratmetern über 100 000 verschiedene...

Kulturschaffen, Kulturvermittlung und Kulturrezeption befinden sich nach der Vereinigung Deutschlands in einem veränderten gesellschaftlichen und wirtschaftlichen Umfeld. Dies gilt in besonderem Maße für das Gebiet der ehemaligen DDR: Der Umbruch beginnt bei der Änderung der...

"This paper contributes to the literature on the impact of immigrants on native female labour supply. By segmenting the market by educational levels, we are able to investigate which nativeborn women are more affected by an increase of low-skilled immigrants working in the household service...

"The Swiss mass apprenticeship system is market based. The share of training firms as a percentage of all firms is therefore an indicator which receives much public attention. The share of training firms declined markedly from 1985 to 2001, dropping from 24.7 to 17.6%. This has often been...

"This paper uses regional variation in labor markets, the industry structure and the education system to explain the training decisions of firms. Using a representative firmlevel data set, the results show that firms are less likely to provide training if the number of competing firms situated...