With the development towards comprehensive and more sophisticated border control regimes, the problem of protection seekers’ access to EU territory has increasingly come into focus. Disorderly movement is presently the main avenue to safety in the EU, and human smugglers act as important...

"We study the returns on education in Europe in a comparative perspective. We extend the model of de la Fuente [(2003). Human Capital in a Global and Knowledgebased Economy. part II: Assessment at the EU Country Level. Report for the European Commission], by estimating the values of the relevant...

"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...

"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...

"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...

"Nach Darstellung des Freizügigkeitsbegriffs und der gesetzlichen Bestimmungen war es Ziel der Untersuchung festzustellen, ob sich die stufenweise Verwirklichung der Freizügigkeit der Arbeitskräfte auf die Höhe der Wanderungen zwischen den EGStaaten ausgewirkt hat. Aufgrund der vorliegenden...

"Die Arbeitsmarktpolitik der meisten OECD-Länder reagiert auf die Weltwirtschaftskrise von 1974/75 zunächst mit kurzfristig beschäftigungserhaltenden Maßnahmen. Als sich die Wachstumsraten der Vorrezessionsperiode nicht wieder einstellen, werden diese ursprünglich nur auf eine...

"We study the returns on education in Europe in a comparative perspective. We extend the model of de la Fuente [(2003). Human Capital in a Global and Knowledgebased Economy. part II: Assessment at the EU Country Level. Report for the European Commission], by estimating the values of the relevant...