In a Europe with integrated goods and factor markets, the various national social security systems are being put under increasing pressure. The creation of the common market has changed individuals' property rights. Martin Kolmar investigates these changes in relation to the objectives of...

"This paper contributes to the literature on the impact of immigrants on native female labour supply. By segmenting the market by educational levels, we are able to investigate which nativeborn women are more affected by an increase of low-skilled immigrants working in the household service...

"This paper uses data from two British workplace surveys to examine the impact of unions on several training measures. It also evaluates the impact of unions and training on earnings and two measures of firm performance. Union effects on training emerge as fairly subtle, and are more positive...

"The aim of this study is to analyse and assess the contrasting national skills policies associated with ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) skill supply in Britain and Germany. We also aim to examine the impact of these strategies on firms and to assess the utilization of skills at...

Ab dem 1.Januar 2015 soll in Deutschland ein flächendeckender Mindestlohn von 8,50 € gelten. Die Warnungen vor Arbeitsplatzverlusten werden meist mit Verweis auf internationale Erfahrungen als ungerechtfertigt zurückgewiesen. Beispielsweise wurde 1999 in Großbritannien der Mindestlohn neu...

Die längste und schwerste Rezession der Nachkriegszeit, die Mitte 1990 begonnen hatte, dauerte bis zum Frühsommer 1992. Danach haben Nachfrage und Produktion zwar leicht zugenommen, das reale BIP ist jedoch um gut 0,5% gesunken. 1993 kann mit einer Expansion des realen BIP um ca. 1% gerechnet...