Der Güterkorridor Rotterdam-Genua gilt als eine der wichtigsten Nord-Süd-Verbindungen im europäischen Schienenverkehr. Zugleich bestehen erhebliche Kapazitätsengpässe in diesem leistungsfähigen Korridor, wobei der noch nicht ausgebaute Streckenabschnitt zwischen Karlsruhe und Basel ein...

Collective bargaining agreements have been said to decrease deployment since the work of Calmfors and Driffill (1988). We investigate empirically whether opening clauses, flexible elements that have been introduced to reduce the decline in coverage, can indeed minimise this effect and increase...

Labour market reforms that are designed to stimulate labour supply at the lower end of the wage distribution can never be precisely restricted to affect only the target group. Spillovers to and feedback from other segments of the labour market are unavoidable and may counteract the direct...