Although many have expressed concern over whether generous welfare policies discourage the employment of single mothers … employment. Using the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), we conduct a cross-national, multi-level analysis of the effects of social … policy generosity on single mother employment in 17 affluent democracies. We find high rates of single mother employment …

negative effect on the wage of the low-skilled at the bottom of the wage distribution. With lower returns from employment, the …. The findings provide evidence against the commonly used argument that wage flexibility improves the employment prospects …

, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The paper compares trends in the household living arrangements, employment … this general pattern. Between the mid-1980s and 2000 employment rates improved among young Americans in their late 20s and … early 30s, and earnings levels either remained stable or increased modestly. The stability of U.S. employment levels helped …

.e. by differing probabilities of any employment? Across OECD countries there are large differences in the average level and … employment. The participation level is particularly important for inequality differences and there is persuasive evidence that … country attitudes to paid employment, particularly for women, differ significantly. This paper uses Luxembourg Income Study …

Offshoring. Vor allem um die Folgen für die Beschäftigung in Deutschland gibt es eine lebhafte Kontroverse, die von Unternehmen … hochqualifizierten IT-Arbeitsplätzen und die Zukunft des IT-Standorts Deutschland insgesamt.Diese Studie zeigt, dass Offshoring Ausdruck …-Unternehmen, zum Stand der Offshoring-Entwicklung und zu den Reaktionen der Gewerkschaften. Und sie wagen eine erste, empirisch …

Ausland als auch zur Überprüfung einer bereits getroffenen Offshoring-Entscheidung.Teil I befasst sich aus theoretischer Sicht …