Currently developed countries pay much more attention to harmfully addictive substances than developing countries. However, the experience of developed countries is very relevant to the developing world since substance abuse is likely to impose a continually increasing burden of disease in this...

Die Begriffe "Sparen" und "Wirtschaftlichkeit" bestimmen die gegenwärtige Diskussion im Gesundheits- und Sozialwesen in einem Ausmaß, wie noch niemals zuvor. Sie sind bestimmende Leitgedanken bei der Organisation und in der täglichen Praxis geworden. Die Anforderungen, die Hilfeerbringung...

This paper studies the effect of labor market reform on the welfare cost of business cycles. Motivated by the German labor market reforms of 2003-2005, the so-called Hartz reforms, the paper focuses on two labor market institutions: the unemployment insurance system determining search incentives...