"The strong external demand, combined with favourable supply conditions in Germany, has set in motion an economic recovery. There is reason to believe that the upswing will become stronger and more widespread in 1998. For this reason in the middle Variant II of the IAB alterna-tive calculations...

"The strong external demand, combined with favourable supply conditions in Germany, has set in motion an economic recovery. There is reason to believe that the upswing will become stronger and more widespread in 1998. For this reason in the middle Variant II of the IAB alterna-tive calculations...

"The aim of this study is to analyze impacts of the introduction of the minimum wage in the German construction sector on wages and employment using micro data. The introduction of the minimum wage in 1997, which is binding for all blue-collar workers, is related to the Worker Posting Law....

"Flexibility and heterogeneity are important topics in labour market research. Since 2004 the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) has funded a research network addressing the issue of 'Flexibility in Heterogeneous Labour Markets', which intends to uncover possibilities for fostering...

"What do external controls in the German labour market focus on? In the tradition of empirical administration research, we use the example of the labour market control unit in Berlin that focuses on the construction sector (Außendienstprüfgruppe Bau) to investigate what aims are pursued by...

"Grundlage dieser Untersuchung ist eine Unternehmensbefragung, die gemeinsam vom Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) der Bundesanstalt für Arbeit und vom Ifo-Institut, München, entwickelt und durchgeführt wurde. Befragt wurde ein repräsentativer Kreis von Firmen aus...

"Based on the example of the posting of workers in the construction industry, this paper examines what impact the opening up of the European Single Market for services has had on an industry that was protected in the past against international competition. It is shown how different institutional...

"In this contribution employment effects of wage subsidies and a minimum wage are analyzed for Germany. Existing studies for the construction sector and simulations of a statutory minimum wage unanimously point to employment losses of a general minimum wage for Germany. The magnitude of the...

"In diesem Beitrag wird über Ereignisse einer repräsentativen Unternehmensbefragung im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe und im Bauhauptgewerbe berichtet. Es wurde untersucht, ++ wie verbreitet bestimmte unkonventionelle Formen der Teil zeitarbeit sind, ++ wie sie unter betriebswirtschaftlichen...