Humankapital spielt eine wichtige Rolle für die technologische Wettbewerbsfähigkeit eines Landes. Das Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln hat erstmals einen Humankapitalindikator entwickelt, der die Ausstattung Deutschlands mit Humankapital im Vergleich zu 25 anderen OECD-Ländern...

Während in vielen anderen Ländern die Immobilienmärkte in den letzten Jahren boomten, verzeichnete der deutsche Immobilienmarkt allenfalls moderate Preissteigerungen. In dem hier betrachteten Büroimmobilienmarkt fielen die Preise sogar seit dem Jahr 2002. Der deutsche Büromarkt stellt...

Internationale Streikvergleiche weisen Deutschland als ein vergleichsweise konfliktarmes Land aus. Tatsächlich lag die Anzahl der je 1.000 Arbeitnehmer arbeitskampfbedingt ausgefallenen Arbeitstage im Zeitraum 2000 bis 2007 bei nur fünf Tagen pro Jahr. Noch konfliktärmer waren von 20...

The paper aims at investigating the structural change implications of outsourcing. In trying to bridge the organizational/industrial and the sectoral/structural analysis of outsourcing, it discusses the rational and the methodological pros and cons of a "battery" of outsourcing measurements for...

Over the past century, all OECD countries have been characterized by a dramatic increase in economic conditions, life expectancy and edu- cational attainment. This paper provides a positive theory that explains how an economy might evolve when the longevity of its citizens both influences and is...

This paper summarizes the highlights and implications of the forthcoming OECD project report entitled 'Income Distribution in OECD Countries: The Evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study.'

This paper is motivated by the fact that even though most advanced economies have experienced similar changes in family structure and in the structure of their labor markets during the past two decades, their child poverty rates vary dramatically, from less than 3 percent to more than 20...

The aim of this paper is to identify the age-, sex- and cause-specific premature mortality rates contributing to the association between life expectancy and income distribution in developed countries. On finding evidence suggesting that reported income distribution is strongly affected by low...

This paper investigates trends in financial poverty in OECD countries by asking the following questions: 1) Have overall levels of poverty increased, decreased or remained stable? 2) Has the incidence of poverty shifted from certain demographic groups to others? 3) How has the social income...

Comparisons of the economic position of single older women in various industrialized countries have shown substantial differences, especially regarding the proportion of widows, divorcees, and never-married women experiencing poverty. This review aims at a comparative assessment of existing...