In diesem Buch wird die These begründet und vertreten, dass - angesichts ökologischer, sozialer und ökonomischer Krisen - weiteres wirtschaftliches Wachstum weder eine zukunftsfähige Option, noch eine anstrebenswerte Entwicklungsrichtung darstellt. Zur langfristigen Sicherung von Wohlstand...

Purpose – The goal of the paper is to investigate how reservation wages of older unemployed welfare recipients change once they are no longer subject to standard job search requirements. Design/methodology/approach – The authors apply a regression discontinuity design. Findings –...

"In this paper, the current knowledge and issues regarding the economic impact of health at work in Germany is reviewed as a part of the EU project 'An inquiry into health and safety at work: a European Union perspective' (acronym: HEALTHat-WORK). After a description of the German institutional...

"In 2005, benefit sanctions in Germany were tightened with the introduction of the new means-tested unemployment benefit II (UB II), codified in Social Code (SC) II. This study analyzes the effect of benefit sanctions on the reservation wage of sanctioned unemployment benefit II recipients. The...

Purpose – The goal of the paper is to investigate how reservation wages of older unemployed welfare recipients change once they are no longer subject to standard job search requirements. Design/methodology/approach – The authors apply a regression discontinuity design. Findings –...