Das Umfeld von Existenzgründungen - und hier insbesondere die Erfüllung administrativer Vorschriften und formaler Anforderungen - war Gegenstand mehrerer nationaler wie internationaler Untersuchungen. Diese Untersuchungen sollen hier einer kritischen Analyse unterzogen werden. Des weiteren...

The proportionality principle (hereafter, the PP) was imported from Germany into Japanese administrative law during the interwar period. The Japanese Supreme Court has never expressly mentioned the principle itself in the opinion of the court except as an obita dictum. There are, however,...

"In addition to government policies concerning the disabled and those funded by the social insurance authorities, in a considerable number of industrial countries there are special legal systems for the securing and promotion of occupational integration, which are based on the legal obligation...

Die Arbeitskosten eines Landes dienen oft als Erklärung für seine Wettbewerbsstärke, die Standortattraktivität und die Arbeitsmarktlage. Daher stoßen internationale Arbeitskostenvergleiche auf großes öffentliches Interesse. Es existiert jedoch keine eindeutige Definition des Begriffs...

Recent theoretical research has studied extensively the link between wage setting and monetary policymaking in unionized economies. This paper addresses the question of the role of monetary uncertainty from both an empirical and theoretical point of view. Our analysis is based on a simple model...

This paper focuses on the German labor market for older workers. It does so in comparison with other countries and with a unique focus on the role of employer incentives for retaining and hiring older workers. It argues that while employment of older German workers has improved due to changes in...