Publications Archive 2001

New Crafts for an old machine?
Civil Service competence in economic policy making

Christopher Hood and Martin Lodge

The report summarizes the discussions of a seminar held in London on 26 October 2001 at the German Historical Institute London. The seminar was placed in context of a research project on civil service competence in economic policy-making, thus offering a valuable platform to discuss initial reserach findings and to generate a wider discussion of the topic.

December 2001, published online only

Child poverty in Britain and Germany

Stephen P. Jenkins, Christian Schluter, Gert G. Wagner

This report studies patterns and trends in child poverty in Britain and Germany. Unusually, it uses not only a cross-section approach (measuring who and how many are poor at any given time, and comparing these maps of poverty at different moments); but also longitudinal studies of individuals' poverty "careers", and the trigger events associated with entry into and exit from poverty.

December 2001, ISBN 1 900834 29 4, £15.00

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Comparing London and Frankfurt as world cities

Jonathan V. Beaverstock, Michael Hoyler, Kathryn Pain, Peter J. Taylor

The report examines changing relations between London and Frankfurt with the introduction of a single European currency and the decision to locate the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. Based on interviews with key personnel in global financial and business service firms and institutions in both cities, the findings support a network model of inter-city relations, which, the authors contend, is more appropriate than the simplistic competition model that dominates public discussion.

November 2001, ISBN 1 900834 28 6, £15.00

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Knowledge companies in Britain and Germany

Dimitrios Konstadakopulos, Javier Revilla Diez, Ullrich Kockel and Björn Mildahn

The report examines and compares the trends and implications of the knowledge-based economy in two important European high-technology agglomerations in the West of England and Lower Saxony.

October 2001, published online only

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Global software outsourcing: The solution to the IT skills gap

Brian Nicholson

The report provides a summary of an international workshop which was held at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin on 30-31 May 2001. The objective of the workshop was to assess the current position for the UK and Germany with regard to the worldwide information technology skills shortage and to consider strategies for addressing the shortage.Outcomes and conclusions of the workshop were addressed at the level of policy and the corporate level.

October 2001, published online only

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Spreading the costs of asylum seekers

Christina Boswell

Rising numbers of asylum seekers in Europe have generated concerns within states about imbalances in the costs borne by different regions. Germany and the UK have responded by introducing systems of dispersal of asylum seekers between Länder or regions to help redistribute the costs of reception, reduce social tensions and deter potential applicants. The report analyses German and British policies and suggests that dispersal has had mixed success in realising these goals.

June 2001, ISBN 1 900834 27 8, £12.00

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The rapid internationalisation of high-tech young firms in Germany and the United Kingdom

Oliver Burgel, Andreas Fier, Georg Licht and Gordon Murray

Government policies encouraging the promotion and support of new technology-based firms have become a priority in virtually all advanced economies over the last decade. The report addresses the issues concerning the critical decision to internationalise and confirms the extent and importance of internationalisation to UK and German high-tech young firms. It provides important new insights to policy makers and academics alike.

June 2001, ISBN 1 900834 25 1, £12.00

Unemployment and the insurance compensation principle in Britain and Germany

Andreas Cebulla, Hubert Heinelt and Robert Walker

The report examines whether risk perceptions and knowledge about national welfare provisions influence preferences for the private or public provision of social security. Whilst policies of curtailing public welfare and of 'crowding in' private provision have met with some success in Britain, private welfare has been more difficult to implement in Germany.

May 2001, ISBN 1-900834-23-5, £12.00

Economic restructuring, urban change and policy in the Ruhr and Merseyside, 1978-1998

Edited by Chris Couch and Hermann Bömer

Over the last three decades, both the Ruhr and Merseyside regions have experienced substantial economic restructuring and urban change. Whilst there have been significant differences in policy responses, governments in both regions have sought to promote urban regeneration and enhance the environment. It is the nature of these policy responses that is reviewed and compared in this publication.

April 2001, ISBN 1-900834-23-5,£12.00

Unpaid work in the workplace: A comparison of Germany and the UK

David N.F. Bell, Alessandro Gaj, Robert A, Hart, Olaf Hübler and Wolfgang Schwerdt

There is a widespread belief that British workers spend more time at work than their Continental counterparts. This study confirmed the belief at least for comparisons between Germany and the UK. The research concentrated on unpaid overtime which is an important phenomenon in the UK, where there are approximately as many unpaid overtime hours worked as there are paid overtime hours.

March 2001, ISBN 1-900834-22-7, £12.00

The public interest and the company in Germany and Britain

Shawn Donnelly, Andrew Gamble, Gregory Jackson and John Parkinson

The study focuses on the question of how the public interest has been defined in relation to the company in Britain and Germany. The report compares the different political and legal assumptions on which the company has been based in the two countries and linking this to different understandings of the public interest with regard to company behaviour and regulation.

March 2001, ISBN 1-900834-24-3, £12.00