This book provides complete, yet non-technical, analyses of production fragmentation effects and thus targets a wide range of readers - including academics, researchers, policy-makers, students, entrepreneurs, and anyone who is interested in this subject. It investigates the economic impacts of...

This book examines welfare effects of gender-related inequalities in Korean households and labor markets. It uses subjective well-being data to show that reductions of excessive levels of working hours did improve family well-being in the past decade. Moreover, benefits from major life events...

In wissensintensiven Industrien gelten Erfindungen als wesentliche Quelle künftiger Wettbewerbsfähigkeit. Dabei spielen die Kommunikationsnetzwerke der Erfinder heute eine zentrale Rolle im Erfindungsprozess. Maria Heibel analysiert den Zusammenhang zwischen den Kommunikationsnetzwerken und...