"Hardly noticed in Western Europe the fall of the Iron Curtain had also effects on the regional structures of the labour markets in the Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC). I analyse whether during the undoubtedly increasing integration of markets the Czech border region close to the...

Die rund 450 Experten, die sich im Juli 1996 am 53. "ifo Konjunkturtest International" beteiligt haben, beurteilen die aktuelle Wirtschaftslage im Durchschnitt der 63 Länder ähnlich wie im April. Da ihre Erwartungen für die nächsten sechs Monate zuversichtlicher waren als im Frähjahr, hat...

1995 ist das reale Bruttoinlandsprodukt (BIP) in Österreich um etwa 2 % gestiegen. Die Arbeitslosenquote erhöhte sich nur geringfügig auf gut 4,5 %. 1996 wird sich das Wirtschaftswachstum zumindest bis Jahresmitte abschwächen. Das reale BIP dürfte um ca. 1 % expandieren. Die Lage auf dem...

"Hardly noticed in Western Europe the fall of the Iron Curtain had also effects on the regional structures of the labour markets in the Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC). I analyse whether during the undoubtedly increasing integration of markets the Czech border region close to the...

"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...

"The resilience and growth prospects of a region depend crucially on the extent to which industry-specific human capital can be redeployed across the industries of a regional economy. To this end, we present a toolbox to analyse a region's industrial structure, development prospects and economic...