of European countries, real house prices in Germany and Austria were going down in this period and did not start to rise … relevant peculiarities in, and similarities among, Austria and Germany as well as Switzerland. Among the most important …-developed rental markets, low homeownership ratios and conservative lending standards. While the tax systems of Germany and Austria do …

Lahusen is Professor of Sociology at the Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts at the University of Siegen, Germany …-Term Unemployed in Germany: Social Contacts, Finances and Stigma; Bettina Grimmer -- 3. Long-Term Unemployed Youth in Switzerland …