There are many studies on the determinants of visitor spending at sport events. However, few studiesinvestigate the effect of satisfaction on spending and even fewer relate this to visitor expectations. Thepresent study examines the case of the World Ski Championships 2015 which were held in...

In the past decades self-employment has gained in importance in the majority of EU Member States. In particular the proportion of small and one-person businesses shows an increasing trend. In contrast to the classical research into business start-ups, which usually focuses on sustainability in...

Disability insurance - the insurance against the loss of the ability to work - is a substantial part of social security expenditures in many countries. The benefit recipiency rates in disability insurance vary strikingly across European countries and the US. This paper investigates the extent...

In recent years the availability of new industry-level data allowed to evaluate the impact of labour market policies more consistently than previous standard cross-country studies. In this paper an industry-level panel is exploited to evaluate the impact of Employment Protection Legislation...

We use data from Great Britain, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden to examine whether part-time and intermittent work during early motherhood leads to regular full-time work later. We find that in Sweden, by the time the first child is four years old 80 percent of mothers are working full-time...

Die langfristige Entwicklung der Einkommensverteilung und der Verteilungswirkung von Transfers in Westdeutschland, dem Vereinigten Königreich und Schweden als Exponenten unterschiedlicher wohlfahrtsstaatlicher Regime wird anhand von Daten aus nationalen Quellen und der Luxembourg Income Study...

Großbritannien und Schweden haben den Abschwung 2000/2001 weitaus besser bewältigt als Deutschland. Gleichzeitig verkörpern diese beiden Länder grundsätzlich verschiedene Kapitalismusmodelle. Wie unterschied sich der makroökonomische Politik-Mix in den drei Ländern? Sollten...