I study possible determinants of part-time employment among women in France and Germany using microdata of the Labour … Force Survey. Voluntary part-time work is substantially more widespread among women in Germany than it is in France … both countries, their impact is substantially greater in Germany. Controlling for several factors, the probability of …

East and West Germany. Our results are based on static and dynamic panel econometrics/criminometrics. They confirm the …

Total employment in Germany is supposed to increase if people could realize their desired working hours. However, this … additional work-sharing in Germany. Furthermore, the match between actual and desired hours of Germans would improve if Germans … that hours restrictions shrank over time, which means, Germany seems to be moving towards a more flexible labor market. …

This paper analyzes the dynamic effects of different macroeconomic shocks on unemployment in Germany. In a first step …