We study the harmonization of the base remuneration for the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) who were previously paid like national parliamentarians implying large differences between the delegations from the 27 member countries. Based on detailed information on individual MEPs between...

The substantial increase in female employment rates in Europe over the past two decades has often been linked in political and public rhetoric to negative effects on child development, including obesity. We analyse this association between maternal employment and childhood obesity using rich...

Es tut sich immer viel in Europa, sodass man auch bei Lehrbüchern nicht an regelmäßigen Aktualisierungen vorbeikommt (zuletzt ID-G 24/10). Die 3 Hauptteile behandeln die Geschichte der europäischen Integration, die "Institutionelle Architektur" und die wichtigsten politischen...