The UK's Equal Opportunities Commission has recently drawn attention to the 'hidden brain drain' when women working part-time are employed in occupations below those for which they are qualified. These inferences were based on self-reporting. We give an objective and quantitative analysis of the...

Two particular features of the position of women in the British labour market are the extensive role of part-time work and the large part-time pay penalty. Part-time work features most prominently when women are in their 30s, the peak childcare years and, particularly for more educated women, a...

Die Entwicklung der Alterssicherung in Deutschland ist eines der zentralen Themen, mit denen sich Prof. Dr. Winfried Schmähl, seit Gründung des Zentrums für Sozialpolitik Leiter der Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Abteilung des ZeS, in seiner wissenschaftlichen Arbeit beschäftigt hat. Zur...