Examines the social consequences of restructuring and investigates the role social dialgue can play in finding socially responsible ways to mitigate the effects of restructuring. Includes brief comparisons with the banking and financial services industry, postal services and public utilities.

The paper summarizes information on health staffing trends in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and provides some comparisons with Western countries, especiially in the European Union. It looks at the broad economic, social and political background to the present situation, with...

Die tschechische Wirtschaft und damit auch die Regierungslinie, die seit 1989 unter der Führung des damaligen Finanzministers der CSFR und jetzigen Ministerpräsidenten der tschechischen Republik Vaclav Klaus implementiert und in ihren Grundprinzipien beibehalten wurde, gilt bei internationalen...

Provides an overview of international health worker migration in Europe and presents four country case studies.

Against the background of economic globalization, governments tend to take tax measures disadvantageous to society in order to increase the attractiveness of the business environment. A common measures for this purpose is the reduction in tax rate.According to the classical theory of tax...