The paper explores the relation between wages, wage differentials and, the level and structure of unemployment within a wage bargaining model. There are two types of individuals: skilled and unskilled. The bargained wage of each group depends on the respective replacement rate and determines...

Untersucht wird der Einfluß der Rentenversicherung auf die Kapitalbildung. Die Analyse wird für die geschlossene und die offene Wirtschaft in einem Wachstumsmodell mit überlappenden Generationen vorgenommen. Die Rentenfinanzierung wird durch ein allgemeines Modell abgebildet: das...

This book considers public debt dynamics in various endogenous growth models, namely the AK model and explicit models of innovation and human capital accumulation. Furthermore, the closed economy, the small open economy and a two-country world are analysed. In the closed economy model, the focus...

We present the results of a survey among the members of the German Economic Association (Verein für Socialpolitik) concerning the relevance and reputation of economic journals. Our results show that internationally-oriented, English journals are rated as most relevant. German journals, however,...