mark-up stronger than in Germany in the wake of skill-biased technological change. The reason is that the unskilled … training and education costs in the USA for unskilled employees and unemployed. In Germany, the lower skill wage mark-up leads …

, France and Germany. Yet, they are not so crucial in the Netherlands, which exhibits a significant share of low-value card … explain the use of payment instruments by transaction size. In particular, using diary survey data from Canada, France …, Germany and the Netherlands, we test the assumption that cash is still the most efficient payment instrument, and the idea …

. The aim was to collect comparable data across European countries (the Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium, Austria and …, Deutschland, Frankreich, Belgien, Österreich und Schweden), welche sich in Bezug auf Regelungen im Bereich der Integration sowie … double-comparative design which looks at two immigrant groups (Turks and Moroccans) and a comparison group of natives from …

I study possible determinants of part-time employment among women in France and Germany using microdata of the Labour … Force Survey. Voluntary part-time work is substantially more widespread among women in Germany than it is in France … working part time in Germany exceeds that in France among married women and among women with children, while there is hardly …

creditors play an active role in disciplining. Block purchases have a monitoring role in Belgium and Germany, but not in France …-executive directors. Board restructuring is correlated to poor performance, but not for France. Neither existing blockholders nor …