This paper discusses how an industrialized country could defend the wages and social benefits of its unskilled workers against wage competition from immigrants. It shows that fixing social standards harms the workers and that fixing social replacement incomes implies migration into unemployment....

In seinem Vortrag, gehalten am 4. September 2003 beim verbraucherpolitischen Kongress der SPD-Bundestagsfraktion, plädiert Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans-Werner Sinn für eine Verbraucherschutzpolitik, die verstärkt auf Aufklärung setzt. Sinnvoll wäre es, wenn sich der Staat in stärkerem Umfang...

The paper deals with the effects of migration resulting from EU Eastern enlargement on the welfare states of Western Europe. Although migration is good in principle, as it yields gains from trade and specialization for all countries involved, it does so only if it meets with flexible labour...

The paper deals with the effects of migration resulting from EU Eastern enlargement on the welfare states of Western Europe. Although migration is good in principle, as it yields gains from trade and specialization for all countries involved, it does so only if it meets with flexible labour...

The paper deals with the effects of migration resulting from EU Eastern enlargement on the welfare states of Western Europe. Although migration is good in principle, as it yields gains from trade and specialization for all countries involved, it does so only if it meets with flexible labour...