Die demographische Entwicklung in Deutschland in den nächsten Dekaden und die EU-Osterweiterung haben zu einer heftigen Debatte über die zu erwartenden Konsequenzen für die Wirtschaftsentwicklung und Wirtschaftspolitik Deutschlands geführt. Die hier zusammengefassten Tagungsbeiträge...

This paper extends the earlier literature on the effects of return migration by studying selection and labour market performance in terms of the wages of young returnees in particular. The topic is motivated by young people's various labour market issues and their high exposure to the...

This paper uses firm-level survey data to study labor reallocation and firm growth in the transition countries over 1996 - 2005, including benchmarking against developed market economies. The data shows rapid growth of the new private sector and of the micro- and small-firm sectors, with the...