Innovations are a key factor to ensure the competitiveness of establishments as well as to enhance the growth and wealth of nations. But more than any other economic activity, decisions about innovations are plagued by failures of the market mechanism. As a response, public instruments have been...

Innovations are a key factor to ensure the competitiveness of establishments as well as to enhance the growth and wealth of nations. But more than any other economic activity, decisions about innovations are plagued by failures of the market mechanism. As a response, public instruments have been...

Seit Beginn der siebziger Jahre gibt es in Deutschland, wie in den meisten anderen OECD-Staaten eine hohe Arbeitslosigkeit. Dieser Artikel beschäftigt sich mit der Arbeitsmarktpolitik, den verschiedenen Formen der Bekämpfung von Arbeitslosigkeit, mit dem Problem der Ungleichheit bei Löhnen...

This study analyses the effects of public sector sponsored vocational training on individual unemployment and employment duration in East Germany. The data is taken from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). The empirical analysis is limited to training measures that took place between July...