Das vorliegende Buch beinhaltet sämtliche Beiträge der 23. CIRET-Konferenz, die 1997 in Helsinki sattfand. Schwerpunkte waren dabei der internationale Wettbewerb, der Dienstleistungssektor, die Erhebung und Verwendung von Umfragedaten sowie Finazindikatoren. Besondere Bedeutung haben dabei die...

Various attempts have been made to measure trade union coverage, collective bargaining, freedom of association, and quot;voicequot; to better understand social dialogue. This is essential to implement and control decent work. This paper collects statistics from various sources, describing how...

Financial and economic crises repeat themselves at indefinite intervals. As in the Great Recession (also known as Subprime Crisis) of 2007/2008 there was a bundle of events and processes that preceded it and contributed to its emergence, whether it be economic, political, or ideological. Based...

The Database of Global Economic Indicators (DGEI) from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas is aimed at standardizing and disseminating world economic indicators for policy analysis and scholarly work on the role of globalization. The purpose of DGEI is to offer a broad perspective on how economic...

Since the earliest of times, human beings have endeavored to uncover the causes of prosperity. History is the best tool that society possesses for identifying and analyzing the factors that contribute to economic growth; yet economic statistics that lend