"This paper examines the effects of industrial action and the impact of strike costs on the industrial action activity. Germany is characterised by having little industrial action. Within the framework of a wage bargaining model, it is argued that higher industrial action costs for the union...

Der Geschäftsklima-Indikator der sächsischen Industrie hat sich im Mai noch weiter verschlechtert. Ausschlaggebend für den Rückgang waren ausschließlich die wesentlich skeptischeren Erwartungen hinsichtlich der Entwicklung in den nächsten Monaten. Hingegen hat sich die Geschäftslage...

Die Forderung der CDU/CSU-Mittelstandsvereinigung nach der Einführung einer obligatorischen Urabstimmung vor dem Beginn eines Streiks wird von Dr. Dieter Hundt, Präsident der Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeber abgelehnt: "Der Beschluss der CDU/CSU-Mittelstandsvereinigung zur...

"We test the theoretical claim that coordination and centralisation in wage setting reduce strike activity by estimating nonlinear regression models using a dataset of 17 OECD countries for the period 1972-2000. We find moderating effects of coordination on strike activity but the effects are...

"We test the theoretical claim that coordination and centralisation in wage setting reduce strike activity by estimating nonlinear regression models using a dataset of 17 OECD countries for the period 1972-2000. We find moderating effects of coordination on strike activity but the effects are...

This paper reviews the evidence on welfare time limits in the United States. It primarily refers to experimental and econometric evaluations. Time limits affect welfare recipients both before and after their limits are reached. Time limits reduce welfare receipt and increase employment before...

CLARK W. A. V. (1996) Scale effects in international migration to the United States, Reg. Studies 30, 589-600. The literature on international migration is voluminous and increasing rapidly, but the research to date has paid much less attention to issues of regional variability in the flows,...