"The discussion contributions for the workshop 'Strategies for more employment - international experiences' were judged differently by the representatives of trade unions, employers and central and local government who participated. There was some consensus, or at least partial agreement, as to...

Der Autor faßt die Tagungsbeiträge und die Ergebnisse eines Workshops des IAB zur Lohnkurve kurz zusammen. Die Tagungsbeiträge sind in dem Heft ebenfalls abgedruckt. Im Anschluß folgen Literaturhinweise zum Themenschwerpunkt. (IAB)

"Der Beitrag geht der Frage nach, wie sich die ökonomische Analyse des Arbeitsmarktes heute aus der Perspektive fünf neuerer arbeitsökonomischer Lehrbücher darstellt. Die Auswahl beschränkt sich auf je zwei Publikationen aus den USA und England, Ländern mit langer arbeitsökonomischer...

"On the basis of establishment data for the manufacturing industry in Lower Saxony this article combines two research approaches which have so far been dealt with separately to a large extent in specialist literature. These are the influence of technological progress on the one hand and of...

"The correlations between investments, reorganization and further training existing at company level are examined in this paper. A production theory approach in conjunction with an optimisation calculation of the companies shows that the variables focused on here are mutually dependent on one...

"This article, which serves as the introduction to the special issue focusing on 'wages and employment', deals with the key developments of the past 25 years in this area of research. First, the latest insights and findings of macro- and microeconomic theory as well as of empirical knowledge on...

"...It is impossible for any community to have very full employment and completely free collective bargaining and stable prices. Either one of the three will be completely sacrificed, or else all three will have to be modified." "...In the last resort the answer will be given not by economists...

Why, at the onset of a downturn in economic activity and an upswing in unemployment (in the early 2000’s), did the leading trade unions in Germany decide to demand-and in some cases strike for- larger wage increases and denounce a government-led policy of wage moderation, rather than...

Fachkräftemangel ist in Deutschland seit der letzten großen Krise, also nach 2009, zu einem wichtigen wirtschaftspolitischen Thema geworden. Fast täglich finden sich in den Medien Äußerungen hierzu. Vor allem von Unternehmen, deren Verbänden oder ihnen nahe stehenden Organisationen wird...