Befristung als Form der Arbeitsmarktflexibilisierung - Arbeitsmarkttheoretische Überlegungen zur befristeten Beschäftigung - Befristete Beschäftigung und der Einfluss institutioneller Rahmenbedingungen - Hypothesen - Daten, Variablen und Methoden - Verbreitungsgrad und Charakteristika...

In den letzten Jahren hat das Interesse am Thema "soziale Ungleichheit und Gesundheit" erheblich zugenommen. Auch in der aktuellen gesundheitspolitischen Diskussion wird immer häufiger die Frage gestellt, ob und warum Personen aus der unteren sozialen Schicht einen besonders schlechten...

In this study, we examined the differences between smoking and drinking in regard to their associations with socioeconomic factors among about 7,000 Japanese workers. Using microdata from nationwide surveys in Japan, we estimated bivariate probit models to jointly explore how smoking and...

This paper introduces a new measure of residential segregation based on individual-level data. We exploit complete census manuscript files to derive a measure of segregation based upon the racial similarity of next-door neighbors. Our measure allows us to analyze segregation consistently and...

This paper introduces a new measure of residential segregation based on individual-level data. We exploit complete census manuscript files to derive a measure of segregation based upon the racial similarity of next-door neighbors. Our measure allows us to analyze segregation consistently and...

This paper investigates the ways in which the distribution of power and well-being within couple households is gendered in the sense of having gendered determinants, from inside the household, rather than just gendered outcomes. We model such households, as Sen (1990) suggests, as sites of...

This paper estimates the propensity to retire and the persistence of remaining retired once the decision to retire has been made in the US labour market, using a dynamic panel probit model. The estimated income effect of higher housing wealth is virtually zero and that of financial assets wealth...