This paper contributes to the economics literature on nursing market shortages by putting forward two new models that suggest three new explanations for perceived nursing shortages. The first model focuses on hospitals hiring both permanent staff nurses and temporary contract nurses. It shows...

Summary In order to alleviate unemployment it is often recommended to reduce social security contributions (SSC) and to compensate for the ensuing loss in revenues by a rise in the value-added tax (VAT). Assuming unemployment to be caused by efficiency wages, it is shown that a balanced-budget...

Abstract Recently, researchers have started to re-examine the so-called Atkinson-Stiglitz theorem on optimal commodity taxation. The essence of such research is to examine whether or not it is optimal to distort markets other than the labor market for achieving the second-best resource...

Abstract The paper studies the effects on factor prices and welfare of the integration in a perfect world capital market of countries that differ in the degree of funding of their pension systems. It focuses on two large economies running respectively a pay-as-you-go and a fully funded pension...

Abstract Trotz tiefgehenden wirtschaftlichen und politischen Wandels erscheint das deutsche System der industriellen Beziehungen bemerkenswert stabil. Neue Forschungsergebnisse über den Einfluss der Internationalisierung auf die Beziehungen zwischen Arbeitgeber und Arbeitnehmern in den...

Abstract Entgegen den Verheißungen der Globalisierungstheorie ist es in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten im Weltmaßstab nicht zu einer Angleichung der Beschäftigungs- und Lebensverhältnisse gekommen. Soziale Ungleichheit ist zwischen und innerhalb der Nationalstaaten gewachsen. Lediglich die...

Organizations are undergoing significant changes in their business environment. Competing on a global scale means that organizations must better understand cultural issues of their customers, employees, and key stakeholders. As business analytics grows in importance, managers are sharing data...