"Worker movements played a crucial role in making workplaces safer. Workplace safety is costly for firms but increases labour supply. A laissez-faire approach leaving safety of workplaces unknown is suboptimal. Safety standards set by better-informed trade unions are output and welfare...

"Mit der Herstellung der deutschen Einheit findet im Prinzip das Recht der Europäischen Gemeinschaft auch für das Gebiet der ehemaligen DDR Anwendung. Dies gilt insbesondere für die sogenannten Gemeinschaftspolitiken. Hierunter fallen vor allem die Handelspolitik (gemeinsamer Außenzoll,...

"Mit der Herstellung der deutschen Einheit findet im Prinzip das Recht der Europäischen Gemeinschaft auch für das Gebiet der ehemaligen DDR Anwendung. Dies gilt insbesondere für die sogenannten Gemeinschaftspolitiken. Hierunter fallen vor allem die Handelspolitik (gemeinsamer Außenzoll,...

"Worker movements played a crucial role in making workplaces safer. Workplace safety is costly for firms but increases labour supply. A laissez-faire approach leaving safety of workplaces unknown is suboptimal. Safety standards set by better-informed trade unions are output and welfare...

Warum lohnt sich gesundheitsfoerderliche Mitarbeiterfuehrung aus betrieblicher Sicht? Welche Rolle erfuellen die Fuehrungskraefte im mittleren und unteren Management in der Betrieblichen Gesundheitsfoerderung (BGF)? Wie sieht die Gestaltungspraxis von BGF-Massnahmen fuer Fuehrungskraefte aus?...

"In this paper we address the question as to whether and to what extent workers in atypical employment are affected by low wages (below two-thirds of the hourly median wage). Our analysis is based on quantitative data (using the GSOEP) and on qualitative interviews at establishment level in...

"Internships are understood as a bridge into scarce employment by young job entrants or students. Using the IAB Establishment Panel, we discovered 600,000 internships in 300,000 firms. The use of internships differs significantly between sectors. They are frequently used in the sale and retail...

"This paper uses new administrative data from the German Federal Employment Agency - the Integrated Employment Biographies Sample IEBS - to assess the impact of a mandatory employment quota for disabled workers in Germany. We use an exogenous change, introduced through the 'Law to Combat...