"Over the last decade, both the availability of quantitative indicators on labor market institutions and of studies trying to explain differences in national labor market performance through institutional variables have burgeoned significantly. It is now time to review these indicators and the...

"Over the last decade, both the availability of quantitative indicators on labor market institutions and of studies trying to explain differences in national labor market performance through institutional variables have burgeoned significantly. It is now time to review these indicators and the...

In dem Forschungsbericht werden die wesentlichen Effekte der Einführung des Bofinger-Walwei-Vorschlags zur Neuordnung des Niedriglohnsektors in Deutschland untersucht. Der Vorschlag enthält drei Kernelemente: (1) Die Senkung der Sozialversicherungsbeiträge für bedürftige Geringverdiener;...

Over the last decade, both the availability of quantitative indicators on labor market institutions and of studies trying to explain differences in national labor market performance through institutional variables have burgeoned significantly. It is now time to review these indicators and the...

Die US-Wirtschaft droht – wie andere Industrieländer – nach kurzzeitigem Aufschwung wieder in die Rezession abzurutschen. Der US-Präsident hatte vorgesehen, mit fiskalischen Maßnahmen diesen Abschwung aufzuhalten. Die Autoren untersuchen den Zusammenhang von zyklischen Krisen und...

Over the last decade, both the availability of quantitative indicators on labor market institutions and of studies trying to explain differences in national labor market performance through institutional variables have burgeoned significantly. It is now time to review these indicators and the...