"Substantial evidence shows that North Americans are generally more accepting of the market than Europeans and attribute market outcomes to a larger degree to effort or skill. This article discusses the perceived fairness of layoffs and pay cuts in North America and Germany. We expect North...

"Substantial evidence shows that North Americans are generally more accepting of the market than Europeans and attribute market outcomes to a larger degree to effort or skill. This article discusses the perceived fairness of layoffs and pay cuts in North America and Germany. We expect North...

Ein Werk von drei Autoren, Antonio Maria Baggio (Florenz), Adriana Cosseddu (Sassari) und Antonio Márquez Prieto (Málaga), die unterschiedliche Widmungen wie Politische Philosophie, Wirtschaftsstrafrecht, Arbeitsrecht und soziale Sicherheit kombinieren und ideologische Kriterien, die bei der...

"This contribution gives an overview of the main results of our theoretical research on the stability and change of labour market institutions. We use so-called models of unionised oligopolies which are borrowed from the theory of industrial organization in order to analyse the effects of...

"The years of transition in Central and Eastern Europe brought with them the unprecedented - in these societies - phenomenon of restructuring with dismissals and growing unemployment. Moreover with the emergence and development of the private sector, new enterprises started to leave former...

"In recent years, the United Kingdom has been remarkably successful in reducing unemployment. The standardized unemployment rate fell from 10 percent in 1993 to 6 percent in 1998, and most observers agree that further reductions can be achieved in the years to come. Also with respect to...

"The first main part of the article summarises empirical findings on the relevant dimensions of the reorganisation of work processes and company organisations. The 'new management concepts' are introduced as well as their objectives with regard to the rearrangement of organisation issues and the...

"On the one side the success of the IAB Establishment Panel Survey can be traced to the high response rate and the excellent data quality necessary for panel analyses as well as the unique possibility to use the establishment register of the Employment Statistics of the Federal Employment Agency...