Economic theory suggests that when a primary earner within a couple loses their job, one potential response is for the secondary earner to seek additional paid work to bolster their household finances. Yet, the empirical quantitative evidence regarding any such 'added worker effect' is mixed. To...

This paper explores the process that links low achievement, school exclusion and involvement in crime among African-Caribbean boys and young men. Based on qualitative interviews with pupils and teachers at a pioneering secondary school in London and also with African-Caribbean young men who had...

Der Band enthält vergleichende Studien zur regionalen Entwicklung und zu neuen Planungsansätzen in Mexiko und Deutschland, die aus der wissenschaftlichen Kooperation zwischen dem IRS und dem mexikanischen Instituto de Estudios Económicos y Regionales (INESER) entstanden sind. Die Beiträge...