Due to demographic change an efficient design of publicly funded long-term care services becomes increasingly important. A new law on public care funds (Pflegefondsgesetz) introduced in 2011 gives statutory priority to the extension of mobile home care over residential care. However, according...

The projection of public net expenditure on care services in the Länder (federal states) that are (partially) financed by the social welfare system and the needs-based guaranteed minimum social benefit system takes into account the demographic development, the better health status of elderly...

We observe that economic restructuring is significantly changing organizational governance. On the one hand, we witness an increase in mergers amp; acquisitions, which substitutes markets for hierarchies and, on the other hand, we see an increase in outsourcing and subcontracting activities,...

Die Transformation hierarchischer betrieblicher Steuerung in relationalen Vertrags- und Tauschbeziehungen hat in vielen europaeischen Laendern zu einer Zunahme abhaengiger Selbstaendigkeit gefuehrt. Aufgrund des Graubereichs zwischen selbstaendiger und unselbstaendiger Beschaeftigung stellen...

We analyse the characteristics of workers who provide work on the basis of a civil or commercial contract, but who are dependent on or integrated into the firm for which they work. We argue that these dependent self-employed lose their rights under labour law, receive less favourable benefits...

We analyse the characteristics of workers who provide work on the basis of a civil or commercial contract, but who are dependent on or integrated into the firm for which they work. We argue that these dependent self-employed lose their rights under labour law, receive less favourable benefits...

The number of workers on the border between self-employment and employment has strongly increased across Europe over the last decade. This paper investigates whether and in what respect these workers differ from employees and self-employed, and analyses whether these work relationships are a...

Die Beschäftigungsquoten Älterer unterscheiden sich deutlich in den EU-Ländern. Dieser Beitrag vergleicht die Auswirkungen von institutionellen Strukturen in den Bereichen Arbeitslosenversicherung, Erwerbsminderung und Alterssicherung auf die Beschäftigungsquote der 55- bis 64-Jährigen in...