This paper reports on ongoing research on the interactions between product regulation and labor market outcomes. In particular, I summarize work on the employment effects of shop-closing regulation in the retail and other related sectors. Evidence on employment in the retail sector from Germany,...

Abschluss der ifo Jahresversammlung 2006 war eine hochrangig besetzten Podiumsdiskussion zum Thema "Jobs für Deutschland". Diskussionsteilnehmer waren - neben Minister Huber und Prof. Sinn - Prof. Michael Burda, Ph.D., Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Prof. Dr. Ingolf Deubel, Staatsminister der...

Abschluss der ifo Jahresversammlung 2006 war eine hochrangig besetzten Podiumsdiskussion zum Thema "Jobs für Deutschland". Diskussionsteilnehmer waren - neben Minister Huber und Prof. Sinn - Prof. Michael Burda, Ph.D., Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Prof. Dr. Ingolf Deubel, Staatsminister der...

Dieses Paper berichtet über laufende Forschung zu den Wechselbeziehungen zwischen Produktmarktregulierungen und dem Arbeitsmarkt. Insbesondere wird auf die Beschäftigungseffekte von Ladenschlußgesetzen und ähnlichen Beschränkungen eingegangen. Die Beschäftigungsentwicklung im Einzelhandel...

This paper reports on ongoing research on the interactions between product regulation and labor market outcomes. In particular, I summarize work on the employment effects of shop-closing regulation in the retail and other related sectors. Evidence on employment in the retail sector from Germany,...

This paper reports on ongoing research on the interactions between product regulation and labor market outcomes. In particular, I summarize work on the employment effects of shop-closing regulation in the retail and other related sectors. Evidence on employment in the retail sector from Germany,...

This paper focuses on the links between informal care provision and labour market activity atthe sub-national level. Within-country analysis of this issue has been very limited to datedespite the wide regional variations in informal care provision that often exist. This issue isimportant in the...

Despite numerous studies on labor supply, the size of elasticities is rarely comparable acrosscountries. In this paper, we suggest the first large-scale international comparison ofelasticities, while netting out possible differences due to methods, data selection and theperiod of investigation....