This study deals with the effect of fixed-term contracts on work-related training. Though previous studies found a negative effect of fixed-term contracts on the participation in training, from the theoretical point of view it is not clear whether workers with fixed-term contracts receive less or more training, compared to workers with permanent contracts. In addition to the existing strand of literature, ...
Seit zehn Jahren ist das Rauchen in Gaststätten und Kneipen in Deutschland verboten. Was anfangs zu Protesten führte, ist heute weitgehend akzeptiert. Mit den Konsequenzen des Nichtraucher-Schutzgesetzes hat sich eine Forschergruppe der Unis Halle-Wittenberg und Nürnberg-Erlangen beschäftigt. Michael Saurer befragte den Mitautor der Studie, Christoph Wunder, über die Ergebnisse der Untersuchung.
Empirical studies of household saving remain inconclusive about the role of bequest motives. This may be due to the diluting effect of different tax regimes across countries and time on estimates of bequest motives. Relative to market-based economies, the former German Democratic Republic can be viewed as an experimental institutional setting where life-insurance demand was not influenced by tax considerations. ...