Die europäischen RGW-Staaten haben seit 1965 in der weltwirtschaftlichen Arbeitsteilung erheblich an Boden verloren. Auf den Märkten der OECD betrugen die Verluste der sechs eurpäischen RGW-Länder (ohne Sowjetunion) in der Zeit von 1965 bis 1987 fast ein Drittel ihrer Marktanteile. Das...

We estimate the employment effects of training, intervention works (subsidised employment), and public works programmes in Poland. The analysis is based on retrospective monthly calendar information on the labour force state and active labour market programme (ALMP) participation between January...

We estimate the employment effects of training, intervention works (subsidised employment), and public works programmes in Poland. The analysis is based on retrospective monthly calendar information on the labour force state and active labour market programme (ALMP) participation between January...

This paper is the keynote speech delivered by Professor William Baumol at the First World Congress of Environmental Economists that was held in Venice on June 25-27, 1998. It analyses the situation of the environment under different economic regimes: the feudal society, Marxism and capitalism....

Does democracy promote economic development? This paper reviews recent attempts to address this question that exploited within-country variation. It shows that the answer is largely positive, but also depends on the details of democratic reforms. First, the sequence of economic vs political...

Charles L. Griswold Jr. (1999, 26) legt seiner bemerkenswerten Studie über den Beitrag von Adam Smith zur Aufklärung das nach seinen Worten auf Platon zurückgehende Interpretationsprinzip der "charity" zu Grunde, das bei aller Zeitbedingtheit und aller gedanklichen Weiterentwicklung im Laufe...

Two very different approaches are used to explore the relation between market orientation and gender wage differentials in international data. More market orientation might be related to gender wage gaps via its effects on competition in product and labor markets and the general absence of...