The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of direct payments and rural development measures of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on employment in agriculture. We work with a dynamic labour demand equation augmented by the full set of policy instruments of the CAP, which is...

In der derzeitigen Diskussion um die Reform der Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik (GAP) spielt das Argument der positiven Beschäftigungswirkungen eine zentrale Rolle. Wir untersuchen seine Stichhaltigkeit mithilfe einer Ex-Post-Evaluierung der Zahlungen in 69 Landkreisen Brandenburgs, Sachsens und...

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of direct payments and rural development measures of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on employment in agriculture. We work with a dynamic labour demand equation augmented by the full set of policy instruments of the CAP, which is...

How to revitalise the cattle and dairy sectors under the WTO commitments has emerged as a major policy challenge for the Russian government. This article raises the question whether livestock recovery in East Germany does provide any insights that could be of value to current policy makers in...

How to revitalise the cattle and dairy sectors under the WTO commitments has emerged as a major policy challenge for the Russian government. This article raises the question whether livestock recovery in East Germany does provide any insights that could be of value to current policy makers in...

Der demographische Wandel ist seit über 40 Jahren gesamteuropäische Realität. Relativ geringe Geburtenzahlen und eine immer weiter steigende Lebenserwartung verändern die Altersgliederung der Bevölkerung nachhaltig. In Ostdeutschland wird dieser Prozess spätestens seit der...