Der Fokus der Studie liegt bei der Frage, ob die Regulierungen in den Steuer- und Sozialversicherungssystemen die in allen zehn untersuchten Ländern Entwicklung weg vom Ernährermodell und hin zum Zweiverdienerhaushalt als dominantem familialem Erwerbsmuster unterstützen oder eher behindern....

Contrary to much of the established literature, this paper finds that though many older workers would prefer to reduce their working hours (the overemployed), there is a significant group who would like to work longer hours (the underemployed). And contrary to the assumption that the...

We investigate whether working time is related to the intensity of income comparisons and relative income. Our simple theoretical model demonstrates that the effects of relative income concerns depend on whether an individual can choose contractual working hours and/or overtime. In the empirical...