We test the often-cited hypothesis that high levels of child labour attract foreign investors. Using panel data we show the overall effect, which child labour has on foreign direct investment (FDI), to be a (small) negative one. We find strong evidence for the theoretical prediction that child...

This paper studies how different unionisation structures affect firm productivity, firm performance, and consumer welfare in a monopolistic competition model with heterogeneous firms and free entry. While centralised bargaining induces tougher selection among hetero- geneous producers and thus...

The interaction between trade liberalisation, product and process innovation, and relative skill demand is analysed in a model of international oligopoly. Lower trading barriers increase the degree of foreign competition. The competing enterprises respond by investing more aggres- sively in...

In der aktuellen Debatte um die Flüchtlingskrise wird häufig ein historisches Vorbild bemüht: Die Integration der Vertriebenen nach dem zweiten Weltkrieg. Bis 1950 kamen alleine nach Westdeutschland acht Millionen Vertriebene aus Mittel- und Osteuropa, die meisten von ihnen aus den ehemaligen...

SFB 649 Discussion Paper 2005-045 Labour Market Dynamics in Germany: Hirings, Separations, and Job-to-Job Transitions over the Business Cycle Ronald Bachmann* * Department of Economics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany This research was supported by...