Life in the border regions within the European Union has become normal for many people, especially for younger generations. Crossing the borders is part of everyday life. In recent years, until the refugee crisis, national borders had lost significance due to their increased permeability,...

What is life in a border region like? This paper aims to answer this question, drawing on empirical research in four twin villages in the Greater Region. The findings, based on a postal survey in the twin municipalities and face-to-face interviews, show that both sides see the border situation...

Mit der Verlagerung des Arbeitsplatzes in die Privatwohnung in der Covid-19-Pandemie ist die Sphäre der Erwerbsarbeit mehr oder weniger unvermittelt in den Privatbereich eingedrungen und hat nicht nur zu notwendigen Anpassungsleistungen im Wohnen geführt, sondern auch Fragen der Attraktivität...

Je nach gesellschaftlichen und kulturellen Verhältnissen unterscheiden sich die Wohnverhältnisse und die Formen des Zusammenlebens. Derzeit treten verstärkt neue Formen des Wohnens neben das Zusammenleben als Familie, Paar und das Alleinwohnen. Wohnprojekte übernehmen teilweise Funktionen,...

This paper analyses subjective economic well-being in several Eastern European countries from 1991 to 1995. Economic well-being explains a significant part of the variation in overall life satisfaction of Eastern Europeans. In an ordered logit model, the determinants of subjective economic...

"The article compares the occupational position of labour migrants from Turkey and former Yugoslavia in Germany and Austria. In both states labour migrants from Turkey and former Yugoslavia constitute the majority of the foreign workers, and the two states are comparable with regard both to...

"This article examines the extent to which the structure of foreign workers in three different types of local labour market adapted to the respective structure of indigenous workers between 1980 and 1990. The Ruhr district is examined as an example of a traditional industrial region, Frankfurt...