We estimate the employment effects of training, intervention works (subsidised employment), and public works programmes in Poland. The analysis is based on retrospective monthly calendar information on the labour force state and active labour market programme (ALMP) participation between January...

We estimate the employment effects of training, intervention works (subsidised employment), and public works programmes in Poland. The analysis is based on retrospective monthly calendar information on the labour force state and active labour market programme (ALMP) participation between January...

Verlagsinfo: Das Privatisierungsprogramm im Bereich der japanischen Eisenbahn seit Mitte der 80er Jahre galt auch in Deutschland als wegweisend. Hat die Privatisierung diesen Verkehrsträger in Japan wieder wettbewerbsfähig gemacht? Sind die japanischen Rezepte auf Deutschland wirklich...

This paper proposes to exploit a reform in legal rules of corporate governance to identify contractual incentives from the correlation of executive pay and firm performance. In particular, we refer to a major shift in the legal and institutional environment, the reform of the German joint-stock...