This paper analyzes the evolution of wage inequality and wage mobility separately for men and women in West and East Germany over the last four decades. Using a large administrative data set which covers the years 1975 to 2008, I find that wage inequality increased and wage mobility decreased...

Forming expectations about the future path of the economy and the own business prospects is not costless for a firm. Instead, acquiring and processing the relevant macroeconomic information requires valuable resources. One important source of information that provides a coding service is the...

The papers in this volume were commissioned with the aim of exploring the significant structural changes in the financial system over the past decade or so and the implications for policy-makers charged with the responsibility of maintaining financial system stability

Debt / Richard D. Wolff -- "I consider it un-American not to have a mortgage": immigrant home ownership in Chicago / Elaine Lewinnek -- Demonizing debt, naturalizing finance / Mary Poovey -- On debt / Michael Allen Gillespie -- The growth imperative: prosperity or poverty / Joel Magnuson --...