Zusammenfassung In der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung müssen einige Versicherte einen geringeren, andere einen höheren als den versicherungstechnisch äquivalenten Beitrag entrichten. Die dadurch bewirkte Umverteilung wird von Sozialpolitikern und Sozialrechtswissenschaftlern sozialer...

Population ageing and expected labour shortages mean that successful reconciliation of adult care and paid work is becoming a key issue for employers, employees and frail older people alike. Based on the detailed workplace-related variables in the fourth European Working Condition Survey, we...

Abstract: Die öffentliche Beschaffungspolitik im Sozialwesen befindet sich im Wandel. Durch Deregulierung und Öffnung der Märkte, die über die europäische Politik beschleunigt werden, kommen verstärkt marktorientierte Beauftragungen in Bereichen zur Anwendung, die zuvor über Förderungen...

The objective of this paper is primarily methodological. Using a new specification, we reanalyze the data on worldwide environmental quality investigated by Gene Grossman and Alan Krueger in their well-known paper on the environmental Kuznets curve (which postulates an inverse U-shaped...

Summary In this paper we consider frequentist model averaging for principal components augmented regressions illustrated with the Fernandez et al. (2001) data set on economic growth determinants. We compare and contrast our method and findings with the WALS approach of Magnus et al. (2010).

The Central and Eastern European countries' prospects of becoming EU members depend heavily on, among other things, their per capita GDP levels. It is shown that the neoclassical growth model does not yet adequately describe the growth process in these countries. This makes a direct growth...