2002 wurden in den 19 europäischen Ländern, die in der Euroconstruct-Gruppe zusammenarbeiten, nochmals fast 2 Mill. Wohnungen in neuen Wohngebäuden fertiggestellt. Bis 2005 wird nach den Vorausschätzungen der Euroconstruct-Partnerinstitute, die sich im Juni in Budapest zur 55....

Die deutsche Bauwirtschaft hat den heftigsten Nachfrageeinbruch der Nachkriegszeit hinter sich. Nach den ifo Konjunkturumfragen hellte sich seit dem Sommer letzten Jahres das Geschäftsklima bei den Architekten und seit dem Herbst auch bei den Bauunternehmen wieder sichtlich auf. Auch die...

Mitte Juni trafen sich Vertreter der in dem Forschungs- und Beratungsnetzwerk Euroconstruct zusammengeschlossenen Institute in Prag zu ihrer Sommerkonferenz. In dem Beitrag wird schwerpunktmäßig über die Entwicklung des Wohnungsneubaus in den 15 westeuropäischen und den vier...

Many workers believe that personal contacts are crucial for obtaining jobs in high-wage sectors. On the other hand, firms in high-wage sectors report using employee referrals because they help provide screening and monitoring of new employees. This paper develops a matching model that can...

The labor market "quality" of immigrants is a subject of debate among immigration researchers, and a major public policy concern. However, traditional methods of measuring human capital are particularly difficult to apply to recently arrived immigrants. Many factors that have a negative effect...

This paper examines the changing nature of views towards and reports of sexual harassment using unique data drawn from the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (USMSPB) of the U.S. Federal Government over the period from 1978-1994. Our results indicate that while federal government employees...

After decades of stability, the technologies used by workers to locate new jobs began to change rapidly with the diffusion of internet access in the late 1990?s. Which types of persons incorporated the internet into their job search strategy, and did searching for work on line help these workers...

The wage policy of a German and a U.S. firm is comparatively analysed with a focus on the relation between wages and hierarchies. While prior studies examine only one particular firm, in this paper two plants of the same owners with similar production processes in different institutional...

Although there is a sizeable literature of the effect of private school attendance on academic student outcomes, there is a dearth of studies of the impact of school sector on nonacademic outcomes. Using a rich data set, we analyze the impact of Catholic school attendance on the likelihood that...

Recent welfare reforms are prompting some state and local welfare agencies to use temporary help service firms to help place welfare recipients into jobs. Concerns have arisen that these jobs are more likely to pay low wages, provide fewer benefits, and offer less stability. We explore the...