Frieden und Verständigung im Nahen Osten sind eng mit der ökonomischen Stituation der Palästinenser verknüpft. In dem Beitrag wird u.a. dargestellt, mit welchen Problemen die Wirtschaft der besetzten Gebiete bereits vor der jüngsten Attentatsserie zu kämpfen hatte, aber in welchen...

"We analyze the effects of the unprecedented rise in trade between Germany and 'the East' - China and Eastern Europe - in the period 1988-2008 on German local labor markets. Using detailed administrative data, we exploit the cross-regional variation in initial industry structures and use trade...

Für 2010 sind wieder positive Impulse aus dem Exportgeschäft zu erwarten: Nach einer Prognose des ifo Instituts ist mit einem Zuwachs der deutschen Exporte von 10,8% zu rechnen, wobei die deutsche Exportdynamik zum Großteil von der steigenden Nachfrage aus den asiatischen Schwellenländern...

"This article explores the process of labour market integration in the border region of Saxony, Poland and the Czech Republic. The underlying understanding of integration is combining institutional factors and the behaviour of market players. The sources of this conceptual framework stem from...

"Western Europe has welcomed its new members by shutting the door in the face of the workers coming from the East and making their road to EMU more difficult. Two years down the road of enlargement, some countries are now liberalizing worker flows. Indeed, as shown in this paper, these...

"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...

"The European Social Model (ESM) is increasingly becoming a model of integration policy. The idea is based on a combination of economic efficiency, in the sense of high productivity, competition and economic growth, and a high level of employment on the one hand together with social cohesion on...