"Arbeitsplatzargumente spielen in der energiepolitischen Diskussion eine große Rolle. Ziel dieses Beitrages ist es daher, einen Überblick über die Arbeitsmarktauswirkungen unterschiedlicher Energiestrukturen nach dem jetzigen Stand der Forschung zu geben. Im ersten Teil des Beitrages werden...

Das Interesse an der ökonomischen und gesellschaftlichen Bedeutung von Zuwanderungen hat in Politik, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft in den letzten Jahren spürbar zugenommen. Dies gilt insbesondere in Deutschland als bevorzugtes Zielgebiet von Immigranten. Die Wanderungsursachen sind mit...

The EU candidate and potential candidate countries have made considerable progress in economic transition and integration into the world economy within less than two decades. Nevertheless, gaps in terms of income per capita relative to the euro area remain large. This suggests that the...

Even though European labor markets are characterized by high average unemployment, there is a shortage of high-skilled labor, leading many European economists to argue for an immigration policy directed at actively recruiting highly qualified workers from abroad. It has further been argued that...

This paper surveys the empirical literature on the association between growth on inequality in less developed countries, with a particular emphasis on labor market inequality. Crosscountry studies failed to find a clear link from growth to inequality. Country-specific studies that focused on...

How do economic policies and institutions affect job reallocation processes and their consequences for productivity growth? This paper studies the extreme case of economic system change and alternative transitional policies in the former Soviet Republics of Russia and Ukraine. Exploiting annual...

This paper explores the labor market, poverty, inequality and pro-poor growth dynamics in the recent economic crisis and recovery in Argentina. In the labor market it is possible to see the diverging experience of the economic crisis and recovery. For instance, the unemployed were more likely to...

Labor markets in the transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe underwent a dramatic transformation. Notably, this transformation took place within just a few years. Until the mid-2000s job opportunities were scarce and unemployment was high. But since then labor demand has picked up and...

This paper analyses the relationship between growth patterns, poverty, and inequality in Brazil during its globalization process, focusing on the role played by the labour market and social programmes. Methodologically, the paper makes two contributions to the literature. One is the proposal of...