Internationale Streikvergleiche weisen Deutschland als ein vergleichsweise konfliktarmes Land aus. Tatsächlich lag die Anzahl der je 1.000 Arbeitnehmer arbeitskampfbedingt ausgefallenen Arbeitstage im Zeitraum 2000 bis 2007 bei nur fünf Tagen pro Jahr. Noch konfliktärmer waren von 20...

The paper aims at investigating the structural change implications of outsourcing. In trying to bridge the organizational/industrial and the sectoral/structural analysis of outsourcing, it discusses the rational and the methodological pros and cons of a "battery" of outsourcing measurements for...

Over the past century, all OECD countries have been characterized by a dramatic increase in economic conditions, life expectancy and edu- cational attainment. This paper provides a positive theory that explains how an economy might evolve when the longevity of its citizens both influences and is...

This paper summarizes the highlights and implications of the forthcoming OECD project report entitled 'Income Distribution in OECD Countries: The Evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study.'

The aim of this paper is to identify the age-, sex- and cause-specific premature mortality rates contributing to the association between life expectancy and income distribution in developed countries. On finding evidence suggesting that reported income distribution is strongly affected by low...

This paper investigates trends in financial poverty in OECD countries by asking the following questions: 1) Have overall levels of poverty increased, decreased or remained stable? 2) Has the incidence of poverty shifted from certain demographic groups to others? 3) How has the social income...

Comparisons of the economic position of single older women in various industrialized countries have shown substantial differences, especially regarding the proportion of widows, divorcees, and never-married women experiencing poverty. This review aims at a comparative assessment of existing...

This study deals with unemployment and employment and its relations with income distribution and related subjects. Massive changes in earnings inequality and income distribution in the OECD during the 80s and 90s, as well as huge variations in the development of unemployment and employment...

The first draft of Chapter 3 in The Handbook of Income Distribution, edited by Anthony B. Atkinson and Francois Bourgignon, this paper reviews the empirical evidence on the level and trend in family income inequality in industrialized countries, primarily the OECD countries.

The purpose of this paper is to describe the effect of self-employment income on the distribution of market income among households in nineteen nations. Many of the nations are high-income OECD countries, but we also include several countries with lower levels of income per capita, including...