"Since 1993 the IAB has maintained a representative information system of the demand side of the labour market in the form of its establishment panel for western Germany. With the inclusion of the new federal states in 1996, the formation of the IAB panel was completed in the whole of Germany....

Seit 1993 baut das IAB ein Betriebspanel auf, mit dessen Hilfe Daten über die Beschäftigungsentwicklung und deren Bestimmungsgrößen erhoben werden, um damit differenzierte Informationen über die Nachfrageseite des Arbeitsmarktes gewinnen zu können. 1996 ist dieses Panel auf Ostdeutschland...

"Since 1993 the IAB has maintained a representative information system of the demand side of the labour market in the form of its establishment panel for western Germany. With the inclusion of the new federal states in 1996, the formation of the IAB panel was completed in the whole of Germany....

Seit 1993 baut das IAB ein Betriebspanel auf, mit dessen Hilfe Daten über die Beschäftigungsentwicklung und deren Bestimmungsgrößen erhoben werden, um damit differenzierte Informationen über die Nachfrageseite des Arbeitsmarktes gewinnen zu können. 1996 ist dieses Panel auf Ostdeutschland...

"Against the background of theoretical considerations and available empirical studies, the expected effects of the amendment to the Law on Labour Relations at the Workplace (Betriebsverfassungsgesetz) are discussed. The various basic conditions are shown under which more positive or more...

The recent literature on the productivity gains due to the adoption of information and communication technologies (ICT) has stressed the importance of the complementarities between ICT and organizational change. The ICT enable to process and diffuse a large amount of information. The reduction...

"The relationship between the dynamics of employment on the one side and hirings and separations on the other side is crucial for the dynamics of unemployment and the labour market response to recessions. Although the average level of hiring and separation is much lower in Germany than in the...

"Over the past years, the demand for employees in the health care sector has increased. Due to the demographic change, the demand for skilled employees can be expected to continue to rise in this sector. Against this background, this article tries to study empirically the manpower requirements...

"The transformation process in the new Federal states is often subdivided into a 'transformation from above' (the splitting up of the old enterprises) and a 'transformation from below' (establishment of new enterprises). In this article these two partial processes are considered both with regard...