Anhaltend hohe Arbeitslosenzahlen in Deutschland werden immer wieder auch auf eine zu rigide Entgeltstruktur zurückgeführt. Diese Inflexibilität habe ihre Ursache in einem (zu) stark regulierten Arbeitsmarkt. Das deutsche Arbeitsrecht lasse Flexibilisierungen im Entgeltbereich nicht (oder...

Judicial decisions concerning industrial action have strengthened the right to strike and made lockouts virtually impossible. Employers respond to such a shift in the power on the labour market with relocations and power on the goods market. In addition the trade unions are threatened by...

Abstract Recently, the political discussion concerning a new national immigration policy in Germany has been highly controversial, although all political forces agree that the existing legal provisions have significant deficits. In the fall of 2001, the German government presented its draft bill...