China is a country that has a large number of minorities, who live in specific regions which are mainly located in Middle and West China. They are abundant in natural resources and are of general importance for China in strategic and ecological terms. Minorities live in relatively compact...

Der Bericht thematisiert den Transformationsprozeß der baltischen Staaten unter dem Aspekt der Auswirkung der Minderheitenpolitik gegenüber Russen auf die Wirtschaft. Dabei hat sich durch die Minderheitenpolitik eine Benachteiligung einerseits für Staatenlose durch die...

This paper investigates how families make decisions about the education of juveniles. The decision problem is analyzed in three variations: a 'decentralized' scheme, in which the parents control the purse-strings, but the children dispose of their time as they see fit; a 'hierarchical' scheme,...