This is the first chapter of a graduate text entitled Topics in Microeconomics. It covers the basics of monopoly theory. Most of the material is kept at an intermediate level to serve as a bridge between the intermediate level training and the graduate level focus of the book. However, some...

In der Bevölkerungsprojektion bis zum Jahr 2020 werden zuerst die Annahmen zu Geburten, Lebenserwartung und zu den Wanderungsbewegungen in Ost- und Westdeutschland erläutert. Mit dem Rückgang der Bevölkerungszahl im erwerbsfähigen Alter bei konstanter Gesamtbevölkerung wird die Hoffnung...

"At present it is hardly worthwhile for social assistance recipients to take up employment. The earned income is deducted almost entirely from the social assistance benefits, with the result that any possible increases in the available income are relatively small. The existing social assistance...

This research evaluates the impact on German household labor supply of various subsidy schemes proposed to foster low-wage employment. Using data from the German Socio- Economic Panel, we estimate a discrete choice model of household labor supply. On the basis of the estimated labor supply...