• Optimistic Economic Expectations for Central and Eastern Europe
• Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Optimists Prevail
• Hungary, Romania, and Croatia: Cautious Evaluation of the Situation
• Special Question: Wage…

• Schuldenkrise bremst Erwartungen
• EZB: Keine Zinserhöhung in Sicht
• USA: Experten beurteilen Konjunkturlage freundlicher
• Japan: Einschätzung der Konjunkturlage deutlich verbessert
• Großbritannien: Zunahme des…

• EXIST: Bisher keine messbaren Effekte auf die Anzahl der Unternehmensgründungen
• Gründungen aus Arbeitslosigkeit: Aktuelle Entwicklungen und Strukturen

• Less M&A Activity in Greece
• Strategic Restructuring of E.ON
• Significant Rise in Transaction Values
• Telecommunications Liberalisation Drives Transaction Activity
• The Big Players Are Getting Bigger in the…

Although improving employability as a goal of activating labour market policy is broadly discussed and deeply embedded on a programmatic level of labour market policies, changes in employability are rarely…

The aging of populations in the demographic change in many industrialized countries will lead to increasing costs of professional support and care for frail elderly. In order to lower the resulting financial…

• Immigration Barely Affects Approval for Government Unemployment Assistance
• Reformation of Bank Supervisory Boards
• SMEs a Stabilising Force in the Crisis
• Rising Age of High-tech Founders
• Corporate Taxes in Europe –…

Skill gaps often arise already immediately after birth and increase during childhood long before formal education starts. Thus, early family environment can explain a crucial part of skill heterogeneity among…

In the context of a substantial welfare reform in 2005, a new employment program has been introduced in Germany, the so-called Temporary Extra Jobs. These jobs provide temporary work opportunities in the public…