The labour market providing individual resources and economic well-being is an actual topic in the economic and social policy discussion. In the course of time the traditional full-time work is diminishing, new labour arrangements are discussed (keyword: flexible labour markets). This study will...

This paper argues that public holidays facilitate the co-ordination of leisure time but do not constrain the annual amount of leisure. Public holidays therefore have benefits both in the utility of leisure on holidays and (by enabling people to maintain social contacts more easily) in increasing...

If certain start-up characteristics will indicate a business success, knowing such characteristics could generate more successful start-ups and more efficient start-up counseling. Our study will contribute to this by quantifying individual success determinants of freelance start-ups. The data...

Income as the traditional one dimensional measure in well-being and poverty analyses is extended in recent studies by a multidimensional poverty concept. Though this is certainly a progress, however, two important aspects are missing: time as an important dimension and the interdependence of the...

Time-use statistics offer a unique tool for exploring a wide range of policy concerns including social change; division of labour; allocation of time for household work; the estimation of the value of household production; transportation; leisure and recreation; pension plans; and health-care...

With the development of household budget systems and with regard to the requirements of the European Union with new EU-SILC approaches, the cumulation of cross-section surveys to an integrated information system is recently discussed and required. In particular the reconstruction of household...

With the development of household budget systems and with regard to the requirements of the European Union with new EU-SILC approaches, the cumulation of cross-section surveys to an integrated information system is recently discussed and required. In particular the reconstruction of household...

In der deutschen Leasingbranche hat sich das Geschäftsklima im dritten Quartal 2006 deutlich verschlechtert. Die beiden Komponenten des Indikators entwickelten sich allerdings gegensätzlich. Einer nicht mehr ganz so positiven Bewertung der gegenwärtigen Situation stand eine leicht...

Nach den neuesten Ergebnissen des ifo Konjunkturtests Leasing stieg der Geschäftsklimaindex im vierten Quartal 2003 bereits zum vierten Mal in Folge und ist so gut wie seit fast drei Jahren nicht mehr. Positiv ist vor allem, dass die Leasinggesellschaften nicht nur auf eine bessere Zukunft...