Die hohe Relevanz von Bilanzstrukturrisiken im Niedrig- bzw. Negativzinsumfeld führt zu der zentralen Frage nach etwaigen Abhängigkeiten der präferierten Anlage- und Kreditlaufzeiten vom aktuellen Marktzins. Aus dieser Abhängigkeit wiederum resultiert die Frage nach der Angemessenheit der...

This book offers a comprehensive empirical analysis of continuing vocational training in Germany. Specific issues concerning continuing training that are debated in academia as well as in public are discussed. Wage and productivity effects of training are analyzed, explicitly accounting for the...

Over the last decades, technological progress has brought about a multitude of standardization problems. For instance, compatibility standards ensure the interoperability of goods, which is of decisive importance when users face positive externalities in consumption. Consumers' expectations are...

Scott Donaldson, Stanley Siegel and Gary Donaldson interview many of the world's most influential chief technology officers in CTOs at Work, offering a brand-new companion volume to the highly acclaimed elite At Work books including Coders at Work, CIOS at Work and Venture Capitalists at Work....

· Theoretische Betrachtung von Versicherung durch Familie, Markt und Staat -- Historische Entwicklung wohlfahrtsstaatlicher Versicherung in Deutschland -- Versicherung und Umverteilung in Deutschland und Großbritannien -- Versicherung vs. Arbeitsanreize in Deutschland. .

The global crisis has led to dramatic increases in unemployment rates over most of the countries of the OECD. This book provides alternative explanations of this phenomenon. Junankar begins with surveys of the labour market: labour demand, labour supply, and labour force participation. He argues...