The increase in unemployment to relatively high levels for Switzerland in the 1990s gave rise to two fears: First, that economic growth no longer has any effect on employment ("jobless growth"), and second, that the "equilibrium" rate of unemployment, i.e. the rate of employment that prevails...

Armed conflicts, natural disasters and infrastructure projects continue to force millions into migration. This is especially true for developing countries. After World War II, about 8 million ethnic Germans experienced a similar situation when forced to leave their homelands and settle within...

Seit der Anwerbung sogenannter Gastarbeiter/innen in den 1960er und 1970er Jahren wurde Deutschland nach den USA zum weltweit wichtigsten Zielland für Migranten/-innen. Trotzdem tut sich Deutschland bis heute schwer damit, seine Rolle als Einwanderungsland zu akzeptieren und eine...

The increase in unemployment to relatively high levels for Switzerland in the 1990s gave rise to two fears: First, that economic growth no longer has any effect on employment (jobless growth), and second, that the equilibrium rate of unemployment, i.e. the rate of employment that prevails even...

In May 1981, President François Mitterrand regularized the status of undocumented immigrant workers in France. The newly legalized immigrants represented 12 percent of the non-French workforce and about 1 percent of all workers. Employers have monopsony power over undocumented workers because...