The concept of the employment threshold plays an important role in the public discussion of unemployment. The employment threshol d is defined as that growth rate of output which is necessary to keep employment constant despite the continuous rise in labour productivity. It is related to the...

The concept of the "employment thresholdin the public discussion of unemployment. The employment threshold is defined as that growth rate of output which is necessary to keep employment constant despite the continuous rise in labour productivity. It is related to the Okun coefficient which...

Das starke Wachstum des deutschen Bruttoinlandsprodukts im ersten Quartal 2000, aber auch die kürzlich veröffentlichte Konjunkturprognose des ifo Instituts haben wieder gezeigt, wie groß der Einfluss einer unterschiedlichen Zahl von Arbeitstagen auf das Wirtschaftswachstum sein kann. In dem...