In einem internationalen Effizienzvergleich der Telekommunikationswirtschaft für den Zeitraum 1981 bis 2002 liegt Deutschland auf einem mittleren Platz: Besser schneiden Frankreich und Großbritannien ab, schlechter die Niederlande und die USA. Allerdings unterliegt die angebotsseitige...

This paper uses microdata from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) to estimate and compare four dimensions of the well-being of the aged in Taiwan and eight other countries - the United States, Japan, Australia, Poland, Finland, Germany, Hungary and Canada. Together, these nine countries cover a...

Census data for 1990/91 indicate that Australian and Canadian immigrants have higher levels of English fluency, education, and income (relative to natives) than do U.S. immigrants. This skill deficit for U.S. immigrants arises primarily because the United States receives a much larger share of...