We study a developing countries setting in which agglomeration efficiency of urban production attracts rural-to-urban migration, whereas urban pollution deters rural-to-urban migration. By means of a general equilibrium model we study the formation of policies aimed at striking a socially...

Eine Große Transformation von der fossil geprägten Nichtnachhaltigkeit in Richtung einer postfossilen, nachhaltigen Entwicklung steht an. Der Beitrag führt in die Forschung und Debatte zur Nachhaltigkeitstransformation mit einem spezifischen Fokus auf die räumliche Dimension ein. Dazu werden...

A Great Transformation from fossil-based unsustainability to post-fossil sustainable development is on the horizon. This article provides an introduction to the research and debate on the sustainability transformation, with a special focus on the spatial dimension. Examples of current approaches...

Digitalisierung ist ein Schlagwort, ein Leitmotiv in Stadtentwicklungsstrategien sowie ein Megatrend. Sie schreitet voran und betrifft alle Arbeits- und Lebensbereiche, somit auch die Stadtentwicklung. Dabei ist jedoch die Kleinstadt nicht explizit Gegenstand der raumwissenschaftlichen...

Nell’ultimo decennio stiamo assistendo al processo di trasformazione digitale attraverso cui le imprese stanno integrando rapidamente le nuove tecnologie in tutti gli aspetti del business. Questo processo richiede alle imprese la revisione dell’organizzazione in termini di ruoli, competenze...

The book offers a comprehensive treatment of tax theory and policy. It surveys the German tax system, portrays tax history, and describes principles of tax administration and the construction of schedules. Tax shifting, optimal taxation theory, and questions of tax justice are considered in...

The proposal involves the establishment of 'welfare accounts' for every person in a country. There are to be four accounts: a retirement account (covering pensions), an unemployment account (covering unemployment support), a human capital account (covering education and training), and a health...

In the last decades the number of refugees from conflict regions in Africa increased dramatically. West Africa is the cradle of migration from Sub-Saharan Africa to Europe, were most African migrants with overseas destinations live. The European Union shares dual responsibility for the...

A recent paper by Dollar and Kraay (2001) finds that higher primary educational attainment of the workforce does not increase the income of the poor except for its effect on average income. We test the robustness of their finding by using a broader measure of human capital that accounts for...

This paper presents the problem of workers lay off and loss along with their exit from the organization its key competencies - skills and knowledge. Importance of management of key competencies was described. The paper also presents outplacement as a way to maintain core competencies even during...