The globalisation of markets, rapid technical progress, varying regional market dynamism and the international exchange of goods and services gradually change the terms of competition for companies. Heavy …
Income differentials between the qualified and unqualified which have increased in the last two decades are explained by the increasing importance of international trade (outsourcing of wage-intensive production…
The goal of the project is an empirical analysis of knowledge flows in the European manufacturing industry and service sector, and of the implications of knowledge flows for the corresponding innovation behaviour.…
The primary objective of the IMPRESS project is to establish a Europe-wide methodological framework for analysing the impact of clean production on employment. In addition, the project will produce empirical…
According to the European Parliament, unemployment, social disintegration, the lack of an integrative policy, and the worsening of urban services and living conditions cause frustration and despair, especially…
Typically, students are assumed to decide on their optimal investment in education by weighing the costs arising from the acquisition of education with the expected benefit in terms of wages, in other words, by…
The issues addressed here were advanced as part of a project group on integrated sustainable development policy commissioned by the Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Gesellschaft. This meant a unification of environmental,…
The aim of this study was to undertake a European comparative analysis of the determinants and the effects of educational investments on the individual level. The focus of the study was laid on secondary…
This project which started in October 1998 is part of the DFG main topic “Interdisciplinary Research into Firm Foundation”. The main objective of the project is the evaluation of the post entry performance of…
Working hours flexibility is considered by many as a promising public policy to reduce unemployment. However, there is almost no empirical evidence for the potential employment effects of increasing flexibility of…