Over the last half-century, the role of women in society has changed substantially. However, the gender income gap and the difference in labour force participation persist. Akerlof and Kranton introduce the concept of identity from sociology and social psychology at the economic analysis; based...

This paper presents a stochastic integrated model to forecast the German population and labour supply until 2060. Within a cohort-component approach, the population forecast applies principal components to birth, mortality, emigration and immigration rates. The labour force participation rates...

In recent years, the labour market in Romania became more and more tense, with growing labour shortages affecting the development of many important sectors. This paper is focusing on the labour market imbalances, specifying the main landmarks of labour shortages and highlighting their conditions...

Die Studie der Coburger Hochschule/IAB arbeitet heraus, dass die Anzahl der Erwerbspersonen aus rein demographischen Gründen bis 2050 um ein Drittel vermindert sein wird. Sie nimmt deshalb zwei Faktoren in den Fokus, die diesem dramatischen Arbeitskräftemangel entgegenwirken können: Eine...