"In Germany, overtime work is a well-established instrument for varying working hours of employees and is of great importance for establishments as a measure of internal flexibility. However, not all employees are affected to the same degree by a variation of the work effort through overtime...

"Trotz eines voraussichtlich zunehmenden Angebots an qualifizierten Frauen bei gleichzeitigem Fachkräftemangel erwarten gegenwärtig in den alten Bundesländern weniger Betriebe eine Expansion ihrer weiblichen Belegschaft, als dies bei der Beschäftigungsentwicklung der letzten faktisch der...

"An adequate supply of highly qualified workers is a central pre-requisite for the ability of peripheral, structurally weak regions to develop. In order to take advantage of endogenous potentials, bottlenecks in human potential must be overcome by means of support from outside. An important...

"For many years there have been lively debates about the integration of women in the labour market, especially in terms of equality between women and men or the integration of women in management positions. In 2008 the data from the IAB Establishment Panel (Fischer et al. 2009) shed light on the...