"Start-ups of new businesses can influence employment in different ways. The indirect effects, particularly improvements of competitiveness that may result from the entry of new competitors, are often more important than the employment in the new businesses. Recent empirical studies have shown...

"The prospects for Germany's economic development are good at present. Nonetheless there are also uncertainties and downsides. For this reason our labour market forecast for 2000 is based on a range of assumptions for the actual economic growth. The overview includes the basic data of these...

"The article takes up a taboo subject in the field of economic sciences. It poses the question as to whether market saturation in individual product markets brought about the flagging economic dynamism and thus may be the cause of the income and labour market problems. The question arises as to...

"Das Ziel dieser Untersuchung besteht darin, die Angebots- und Nachfragekonstellation auf dem Gütermarkt sowie die subjektiven Erwartungen der Marktteilnehmer über die künftige wirtschaftliche Entwicklung als Determinanten des Zusammenhangs zwischen Beschäftigung und Lohnhöhe in einem...

Seit 1996 führt das IAB jährlich eine Arbeitgeberbefragung in ostdeutschen Betrieben durch, um aktuelle repräsentative Daten über die Beschäftigungsentwicklung und deren Bestimmungsgrößen zu erhalten. Die achte Befragung vom Sommer 2003 erbrachte auswertbare Interviews von 5767 Betrieben....

"This article reviews the origins, development and impact of the European Employment Strategy against the backdrop of the employment performances and policies of the EU, from the early 1990s up to the mid-term review of the Lisbon Strategy in 2005. It recalls how the issue of employment was put...

"There is no simple answer to the question of the potential impact of migration on the EU economy. EU migration policy is expected to meet the requirements of economic and social policy, in particular of the Lisbon Agenda, as well as national cultural, political, strategic and security...