Dass die Erklärung von Langzeitarbeitslosigkeit ein überaus aktuelles Thema ist, zeigt der starke Anstieg der Langzeitarbeitslosigkeit in den Industrieländern seit Mitte der 70er Jahre. Die Erhöhung der Langzeitarbeitslosigkeit bei gleichzeitigem Wirtschaftswachstum - sowohl in einer...

The determinants of the direction of technical change and the implications for economic growth are studied in the one-sector neoclassical growth model of Ramsey (1928), Cass (1965), and Koopmans (1965) extended to allow for endogenous capital- and labor-augmenting technical change. For this...

The determinants of the direction of technical change and their implications for economic growth and economic policy are studied in the one-sector neoclassical growth model of Ramsey, Cass, and Koopmans extended to allow for endogenous capital- and labor-augmenting technical change. We develop a...

This paper studies a model of the distribution of income under bounded needs. Utility derived from any given good reaches a bliss point at a finite consumption level of that good. On the other hand, introducing new varieties always increases utility. It is assumed that each variety is owned by a...