Presenting results of original research as well reviewing and synthesizing existing studies, the publication provides an in-depth analysis of Sri Lanka's youth unemployment. The analysis follows the "4Es" conceptual framework by focusing on four key labor market aspects: employment creation, employability, entrepreneurship, and equal opportunity. In each of these areas, the publication describes main outcomes and trends, analyzes key issues, and proposes policy recommendations: Among obstacles to employment creation, the publication singles out restrictive labor market institutions that contribute to perverse labor incentives (including waiting for public sector jobs) and to labor market duality, thereby pushing workers to worse paying and also otherwise less attractive informal sector jobs. The analysis of employability shows that education system provides skills more suited for public sector, and that transition from university to work is difficult for most, with social status and the field of study, among others, determining the timing and type of employment obtained by graduates. The chapter on entrepreneurship shows that relatively few young Sri Lankan have access to training and have financial resources available to start their own enterprises, and that the prevailing social culture also represents an obstacle. In the area of equal opportunity, the volume documents the existence of a gender wage gap that cannot be explained by "productive" characteristics of workers, as young women in Sri Lanka have better characteristics than men, but are underpaid, in all sectors and among all ethnic groups, and it claims that a system of job rationing is partly based on class-based skills and social assets, putting young people from rural backgrounds at disadvantage. The volume also discusses psychological stresses and other consequences on youth of the decades of violence, including long-lasting ethnic conflict.

Markus Mayer entwickelt einen Anforderungskatalog an eine gerechte Besteuerung von grenzuberschreitenden Arbeitnehmersachverhalten, der nationale, internationale und europarechtliche Aspekte der Besteuerung einschliesst."

The exchange of goods between human beings is one of the most natural things which dates back long before the beginning of recorded history. As trade became more frequent and complex, abstract representations for value were created and money was "invented." Especially in the last decades the options available for money transfer and payments have increased. In the seventies the credit card became widespread and the growth of the Internet and E-Commerce led to a great variety of electronic payment solutions. The latest trend in the payment industry are mobile and biometric payment solutions. Especially fingerprint based payment systems have been piloted and implemented in several different set-ups in the recent past. The case study in this book evaluates biometric payment systems based on the example of digiPROOF, a fingerprint based payment system which was piloted in 2005 at EDEKA, a large German supermarket chain. Up to now, customer reactions have been very positive and EDEKA is at the moment implementing the system in several other stores and plans to roll out the system country wide in the long run. The book presents a real life example of a fingerprint based payment system and aims at giving an academically founded but practical view on biometric payment systems to enable enhanced decision making for practicioners and managers in this area.

In der politischen Praxis sind bestimmte Gesetze und deren Kenntnis unverzichtbar. Wir haben die wichtigsten dieser Bundesgesetze in diesem Buch im Originaltext zusammengestellt.

In einem kleinen Dorf hoch im Norden pflegt eine Krauterfrau einen Einsiedel, dessen unvermeidlicher Tod grosse Kreise zieht. Ein alter Magier erhalt einen Brief, der eine lang vergessene Frage aufwirft. Auf der Suche nach Antworten begibt er sich weit in die Vergangenheit und stosst dabei auf ein altes Geheimnis. Ein junger Adliger reist zu seinem Onkel in die Konigsstadt und gerat mitten in einen Gerichtsprozess, dessen Folgen sein Schicksal bestimme