Using data from 45 countries for six years in the period 1995 to 2003, the author analyses whether the quality of industrial relations affects unemployment in developing countries. To measure the quality of industrial relations, the author uses the results of surveys in which senior business...

Using data from 69 countries for the years 2000 to 2003, we find that more cooperative industrial relations are likely to reduce the unemployment rate among the total labor force as well as among female and young workers. Furthermore, they appear to lower the share of long-term unemployed in the...

Im vorliegenden Aufsatz wird untersucht, ob die Volkswirtschaftslehre einen Beitrag zur theoretischen Fundierung einer vorausschauend lenkenden Strukturpolitik leisten kann. Zu diesem Zweck werden vier ausgewählte Theorien auf ihre Eignung als Basis einer vorausschauend lenkenden...

Die Industriepolitik der Europäischen Gemeinschaft als merkantilistisch oder neomerkantilistisch zu apostrophieren, sie gar mit dem Merkantilismus gleichzusetzen, ist in der wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Literatur weit verbreitet. Eine vergleichende Analyse, die Aufschluß darüber geben...

Using data from 76 countries and a large number of controls, this paper analyses how geographical characteristics affect labor market performance. We find that different geographical characteristics have very different effects. While a larger share of highly fertile soil appears to lower...

This paper econometrically analyzes whether and to what extent the structural features of the legal system affect the labor market. According to the regression results, a legal system characterized by judicial dependence, biased courts, a lack of intellectual property protection, frequent...

Over the next few years, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic will experience fundamental structural changes in their economies, not least because of their accession to the European Union. The economic adjustment processes that will take place in these countries require a high degree of labour...

Using data from 80 countries, this article analyzes whether Protestant religion affects labor market outcomes. Controlling for the impact of labor market regulations, business regulations, the tax burden, the business cycle, the level of economic development, demographic and geographical...