This study describes the geochemical distribution of lead (Pb) and identifies the critical factors that significantly control Pb distribution and speciation in coastal and estuarine sediments around India by using published data from the literature. Crustal sources influence the abundance of Pb in coastal sediment from the south-east and central-west coast of India. Parts of north-east, north-w...

The European Union upon which this Report focuses is by no means fixed. Negotiations have already begun that may see the EU’s enlargement to include five post-communist countries in Central Europe by the early years of the 21st century, and it is possible that further expansion into Eastern Europe will occur after that. It is often assumed that such a ‘widening’ of EU membership will prevent an...

The Employment of Mothers: Recent Developments and their Determinants in East and West Germany We apply German Mikrozensus data for the period 1996 to 2004 to investigate the employment status of mothers. Specifically, we ask whether there are behavioral differences between mothers in East and West Germany, whether these differences disappear over time, and whether there are differences in the ...

The Erosion of Union Membership in Germany: Determinants, Densities, Decompositions Union density in Germany has declined remarkably during the last two decades. We estimate socio-economic and workplace-related determinants of union membership in East and West Germany using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel by means of ChamberlainMundlack correlated random effects probit models. Drawing...