A generally binding minimum wage was introduced in the roofing sector in 1997 and has been renewed and raised several times since then; in 2011, the roofer minimum wage amounted to 11.80€. The roofing sector…

In times of demographic ageing and potential skills shortages, employment of older workers becomes an increasingly important topic. During the last centuries, firms in developed countries have actively…

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• Economic Expectations for the Central and Eastern European Region Decline
• Economic Outlook for the CEE Region, Austria, and the Eurozone
• Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Currency Depreciation in Sight
• Croatia,…

• Konjunkturerwartungen hellen sich leicht auf
• EZB: Inflationserwartungen steigen
• USA: Konjunkturerwartungen legen leicht zu
• Japan: Lageeinschätzung erneut eingetrübt
• Großbritannien: Lage und Konjunkturerwartungen…

In January 2005, the German government enacted a substantial reform of the welfare system, the so-called Hartz IV reform. This book evaluates key characteristics of the reform from a microeconometric…

• Economic Outlook for Switzerland: Almost Unchanged
• Current Economic Situation: Still Deteriorating
• Inflation Expectations: Risks to the Upside
• Interest Rates: Expectations are Unchanged
• Stock Market: Constructive…