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...

"There is no simple answer to the question of the potential impact of migration on the EU economy. EU migration policy is expected to meet the requirements of economic and social policy, in particular of the Lisbon Agenda, as well as national cultural, political, strategic and security...

"The article analyses the Protocol on Social Policy and its Agreement appended to the Treaty on European Union and the new Social Chapter resp. not only in legal, but mainly in empirical perspective. The first part consists of a short summary of the basics of the new procedural rules qualified...

"The article analyses the Protocol on Social Policy and its Agreement appended to the Treaty on European Union and the new Social Chapter resp. not only in legal, but mainly in empirical perspective. The first part consists of a short summary of the basics of the new procedural rules qualified...

"Before industrialization, traditional communities - families, local neighborhoods, and religious groups - were meant to safeguard their members from risks like poverty. As the transition into industrialization produced new risks or generalized previously limited risks, this fallback system...

Das Bundesverfassungsgericht fordert eine Neugestaltung der Regelsätze in der Grundsicherung für Arbeitssuchende. Die Regelleistungen für Kinder und Jugendliche müssen in Zukunft eigenständig berechnet werden, und sie haben einen Rechtsanspruch auf Bildungsförderung. Kann eine...

This article provides a historical overview of the institutional development of the structural elements of the standard employment relationship from the beginning of World War II until the 1973 oil crisis. The analysis deals with the determining factors of the reconstitution and adjustment of...