and find that there exist substantial wage differences between part-time and full-time jobs. In view of the negative wage … differentials of part-time jobs, the model with endogenous wages predicts lower part-time employment than the standard neoclassical … model. Compared with the distribution of actual hours worked, the share of part-time jobs is highly underpredicted. In a …

interests such as further training, professional reorientation, childcare, care, recreation or leisure-time. In Germany …, berufliche Umorientierung, Kinderbetreuung, Pflege, Erholung oder Freizeit. Derzeit können Sabbaticals in Deutschland nur im … kann. Dazu werden auf der einen Seite Probleme und Handlungsfelder in der bestehenden Regelungspraxis in Deutschland …

unternehmensnahen Dienstleistungsunternehmen aus den Jahren 1996 bis 1999. 38 Prozent der Unternehmen in der Stichprobe wenden einen … Tarifvertrag an. In den nicht-tarifgebundenen Unternehmen werden in 87 Prozent die Arbeitsbedingungen einzelvertraglich … beeinflussen. Im Falle von Nachfrageschwankungen wenden tarifgebundene Unternehmen die Instrumente Neueinstellungen und Überstunden …

There is a growing concern about collective wage agreement and employment dynamics in Germany. In this paper, evidence …

that hours restrictions shrank over time, which means, Germany seems to be moving towards a more flexible labor market. …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 …