Was macht ein gutes Leben aus?

Posted on Mai 27, 2011 by werner

Die OECD bietet eine Webseite an, auf der man 34 Länder der OECD hinsichtlich ihrer Lebensqualität vergleichen kann. Dabei ist es auch möglich, durch eine Gewichtung der Indikatoren die eigenen Präferenzen zu berücksichtigen.

„Create Your Better Life Index: There is more to life than the cold numbers of GDP and economic statistics – This Index allows you to compare well-being across countries, based on 11 topics the OECD has identified as essential, in the areas of material living conditions and quality of life.“

(Quelle: http://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org)

Industrial Relations 2010 – Trade Union Density

Posted on März 25, 2011 by werner

„Within a general trend of decreasing density rates, the differences across countries have remained as large as ever. In 2008 union density varied from 68.8 % in Sweden and 67.6 % in Denmark to 7.6 % in Estonia and 7.7 % in France. In general, the lowest density rates are currently found in the post-Communist countries — Slovenia and Romania are the exceptions — and in southern Europe — where Italy, Malta and Cyprus are the exception. In the EU-15 the highest rates are found in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Belgium. For explanations of these differences, authors have pointed to political and institutional conditions that vary across countries, such as coordinated and multi-employer bargaining, at sector level or higher, versus uncoordinated and single-employer bargaining; the general acceptance and recognition of unions in national and workplace consultation; and union involvement in unemployment insurance (Ebbinghaus and Visser, 1999, for a summary).“