In der Arbeit ist der Versuch unternommen worden, ein Schema, ähnlich dem, das bei der monetären Analyse der Bilanzgegenposten in Deutschland zugrunde gelegt wurde, auch für andere wichtige Länder in Europa zu entwickeln. Dies erforderte zunächst eine gewisse Harmonisierung der Datenbasis....

One feature of recent pension reforms in OECD countries has been that more individual responsibility is transferred to employees and in particular to those approaching the end of their working life. Enlarged freedom of choice concerns the timing of retirement with corresponding consequences for...

The huge difference in the level and variance of student performance in the 2000 PISA study between Finland and Germany motivates this paper. It analyses why Finnish students performed so much better by estimating educational production functions for both countries. The difference in the reading...

This paper compares the boom-bust cycle in Finland and Sweden 1984-1995 with the average boom-bust pattern in industrialized countries as calculated from an international sample for the period 1970-2002. Two clear conclusions emerge. First, the Finnish-Swedish experience is much more volatile...