Im international angelegten IAB-Forschungsprojekt ReLOC - Research on Locational and Organisational Change - werden die Auswirkungen der Direktinvestitionen deutscher Unternehmen in Tschechien auf die Arbeitsmärkte in beiden Ländern untersucht. Analysiert werden u. a. die Effekte der...

Der Eingliederungserfolg in Beschäftigung von Personen, die dem Rechtskreis der Sozialgesetzbücher (SGB) II und III unterliegen, wird stark vom Zusammenspiel der regional unterschiedlichen Rahmenbedingungen beeinflusst. Im Rahmen seiner Typi-sierung von SGB-II-Trägern identifiziert das IAB...

The attractiveness for the location of multinational firms is seen as a crucial issue for the development and prosperity of regions. This article focuses on a two-country relationship and deals with the regional distribution of German multinational firms and their affiliates in the Czech...

This article investigates the employment development of Czech-based firms in German ownership in the years around the Great Recession of 2008/2009. The intense involvement of German firms in the economy of the neighboring country via foreign direct investment (FDI) raises the question whether...

This paper pursues three aims. First, we provide a review of current theoretical advances which pertain to the relationship between trade, FDI and labor markets. We do so under the following (not mutually exclusive) headings: (1) slicing-up the value added chain and the turn to a task-based...

Much has been written on the distinction between vertical and horizontal foreign direct investment. However, most of the empirical literature relies on indirect and aggregated measures only. The aim of this paper is to help fill this gap by examining the differences between German affiliates in...

The amalgamation of three factors — acceptance of dual citizenship; the development of a transnational Europe; and national citizenship laws based on ancestry, heritage, and restitution — has created a new class of individuals in Europe: birthright citizens who lack a genuine link or affinity...

Since the Supreme Court's decision in Omnicare, Inc. v. Laborers District Council Construction Industry Pension Fund, federal courts have differed significantly in their understanding of the scope of the Supreme Court's holding, which addressed liability under Section 11 of the Securities Act of...