Abstract In den Sozialwissenschaften wird vermehrt auf den Begriff der „Prekarität“ zurückgegriffen, um die Transformation der Arbeitsgesellschaft und ihre Auswirkungen auf die sozialen Arrangements von Erwerbsarbeit zu analysieren. In diesem Beitrag wird dafür plädiert,...

Changes in social structures occurring during the process of economic growth can be considered direct consequences of this process, while other changes are caused by factors such as technological progress, that affect simultaneously social structures and growth. This chapter focuses on that part...

A growing literature relies on natural experiments to establish causal effects in macroeconomics. In diverse applications, natural experiments have been used to verify underlying assumptions of conventional models, quantify specific model parameters, and identify mechanisms that have major...