Flexible Wissensarbeit in Form hoch qualifizierter selbständiger Beschäftigung stellt in derBundesrepublik einen relativ neuen Erwerbstypus dar, der im Dienstleistungssektor aufExpansionskurs ist. Der Beitrag stellt zentrale Ergebnisse einer empirischen Untersuchungim exemplarischen Feld...

This study aimed to systematically describe the decision-making phase of family formation in German lesbians planning to parent via donor insemination, to assess the issues pertinent to each mother role and those involved in donor type choice using a retrospective, structured questionnaire. Data...

Die Forschungsarbeit beschäftigt sich mit generationsübergreifendem Wissenstransfer in Familienunternehmen vor dem Hintergrund der Unternehmensübergabe an die Tochter. Ausgangspunkt ist die Frage, wie Wissen von der einen Generation, den VorgängerInnen, auf die Nachfolgegeneration...

This study is a collection of essays in empirical labor economics with a focus on labor supply. The topics chosen are from different fields of research that are not on the top of economists' agenda and therefore are underresearched. First, it is examined whether religion affects individuals'...

The institutional governance approach sees national economies embedded in a bundle of non-market types of coordination (e.g. corporate hierarchies, networks, associations and the state). Governance oriented research explores configurations of governance types in sectoral, regional and national...

The document contains a commentary on the wider issues of responsibility raised by the collapse of First Solution Money Transfer. This was a UK based private limited company which provided a money transfer service, providing expatriates the facilities to transfer money back to their family in...

Presented at a workshop at the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation, this document explores the logistical solutions deployed within contemporary Hawala-style value transmission systems. It suggests that those frustrated by the lack of an effective global payments system for retial...

The paper, presented at a World Bank Conference on Migrant Remittances: development impact, opportunities for the financial sector and future prospects in London, 9th - 10th October 2003, examines the Hawala transactions by British labour migrants to South Asia, their region of origin.

Die vorliegende Dissertation fokussiert auf die staatliche Förderung (insbesondere durch steuerliche Maßnahmen) von kapitalbildenden Lebensversicherungen, die im Rahmen der privaten Altersversorgung genutzt werden können. Die Arbeit vergleicht die Entwicklungen in Großbritannien und in...