"Some 20 years after German reunification, living conditions and the economic base in East Germany are approaching that of West Germany in many areas. In view of this anniversary and against the backdrop of the global financial crisis that intensified in autumn 2008, this research report uses...

When comparing the New Economy and the time before the Great Depression there are two obvious analogies. In the 1920s as in the 1990s there was an investment boom triggered through the use of new technologies and rapid technological development. In the 1920s, these were the electricity and the...

"Since 2006, the IAB develops classifications of job centres, which are regulated according to the Social Code Book (SGB) II. These classifications account for the fact that there are substantial disparities in the economic or social structure of German regions. These disparities affect the work...

"This paper examines the significance of income and career chances in the firm for attitudes regarding social justice. On the basis of organisational theory arguments from the more recent sociological class theories and the findings from labour-market and organisational research, the autonomous...

Die Bundesregierung beabsichtigt, den sozialen Wohnungsbau grundlegend zu reformieren. Zu einem Teilaspekt der geplanten Reformierung, nämlich "die Einkommensgrenzen im sozialen Wohnungsbau zu erhöhen" hatte der Ausschuß für Raumordnung, Bauwesen und Städtebau am 20. September 1993 Experten...