Der Aufholprozeß in Ostdeutschland ist fast zum Erliegen gekommen. Ursachen für das Erlahmen des Aufholprozesses sind eine verfehlte Lohnpolitik und unzureichende Arbeitsanreize in der Transferwirtschaft Ostdeutschlands. Besonders in der Bauwirtschaft fanden in der ersten Hälfte der neunziger...

The indicators get different weights, when they are summarised to one figure. This weighting scheme is problematic for different reasons. On the one hand, the used transformations of the variables are non-permissible. On the other hand, the weighting of the indicators is not meaningful, because...

A variety of scholars with widely differing political and disciplinary orientations continue to be fascinated by the prospect of making endogenous variation or changes in institutional structures through the use of a general model. While sympathetic to the appeal of such a research program, I...

It is empirically shown that the more flexible employment, the more it is precarious. For this purpose, two families of indices, of flexible work and of precarious work, are defined basing on the Fourth European Survey of Working Conditions 2005 by the European Foundation for the Improvement of...