If partners derive utility from joint leisure time, it is expected that they will coordinate their work schedules in order to increase the amount of joint leisure. In order to control for differences in constraints and selection effects, this paper uses a new matching procedure, providing...

Das Alltagsleben spielt sich zunehmend in Kommunikationssystemen und weniger in regionalen Systemen ab. Enträumlichung und Verzeitlichung sind dabei zwei Seiten der gleichen Medaille. Die ARL hat zu diesem innovativen Forschungsthema eine Expertise in Auftrag gegeben, deren Ergebnisse der...

The purpose of this report is to provide a comparative analysis of the extent to which 31 European states (the 28 Member States and the 3 EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) have adopted measures which promote the reconciliation of working and private and family life. In contrast...