"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...

"In recent years the availability of new industry-level data allowed to evaluate the impact of labour market policies more consistently than previous standard cross-country studies. In this paper an industry-level panel is exploited to evaluate the impact of Employment Protection Legislation...

"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...

"In recent years the availability of new industry-level data allowed to evaluate the impact of labour market policies more consistently than previous standard cross-country studies. In this paper an industry-level panel is exploited to evaluate the impact of Employment Protection Legislation...

Eine umfassende Anwendung des Subsidiaritätsprinzips in der EG ist so lange nicht möglich, wie die in Frage kommenden Regionen nicht in allen Mitgliedstaaten institutionell unabhängig sind. Vor einer weiteren Aufstockung der Finanzmittel sollten in der EG daher politische Strukturen mit...

Mit einem Bevölkerungsanteil von 30% dominieren die zentralen Hauptstadtregionen in der EG; die Bruttowertschöpfung je Einwohner ist jedoch in den Alpenregionen am höchsten. Nur die Alpenregionen und die "Regionen des nördlichen Bogens" erzielen eine überdurchschnittliche...