West Germany boosts research by one fifth

West Germany moving to make IVF research a crime.

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One doctor's misfortune boosts TB treatment activism.

Cohabiting unions in France and West Germany

This paper compares the non-marital birth pattern in France and West Germany. Since the beginning of the eighties, France witnessed a steady increase in non-marital birth rates, while in West Germany non-marital birth rates have remained at a relatively low level. We attribute these differences to the institutional and legal constraints from both sides of the Rhine which hamper or foster childb...

West Nile Virus Meningoencephalitis Imported into Germany

Author affi liations: Centre de Recherche et de Veille sur les Maladies Émergentes dans l’Océan Indien, Ste. Clotilde, La Réunion, France (E. Lagadec, Y. Gomard, V. Guernier, M. Dietrich, H. Pascalis, S. Temmam, P. Tortosa, K. Dellagi); Université de Lyon, Villeurbanne, France (E. Lagadec, S. Temmam); Université de La Réunion, St. Clotilde (M. Dietrich, P. Tortosa); Université d’Antananarivo, A...

Regional Geographic Research and Development Spillovers and Economic Growth: Evidence from West Germany

F M. and N A. (2005) Regional geographic research and development spillovers and economic growth: evidence from West Germany, Regional Studies 39, 143–153. The paper is based on recent theoretical writings in growth economics that emphasise the effects of both own research and development efforts and of interregional technology spillovers on regions’ productivity. It proposes robust e...