Mit den empirischen Analysen zu den gesamtwirtschaftlichen Effekten der Einführung des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns in Deutschland versucht das IMK, die eingetretenen kurzfristigen und die noch zu erwartenden mittel- bis langfristigen Wachstums-, Preis- und Beschäftigungseffekte mit Hilfe eines...

Germany and the United States pursued different economic strategies to minimise the impact of the Coronavirus Crisis on the labour market. Germany focused on safeguarding existing jobs through the use of internal flexibility measures, especially short-time work (STW). The United States relied on...

Governments on both sides of the Atlantic have reacted with a raft of new regulations to the US subprime mortgage crisis. The article argues that while these new rules actually touch many of the incentive and information problems which were instrumental in creating the crisis, they only address...