We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...

In diesem Artikel konzentrieren wir uns auf die vergleichende Perspektive bei der Anwendung des Konzepts der Übergangsarbeitsmärkte auf Arbeitszeitregime in verschiedenen Ländern. Eingangs untersuchen wir Tendenzen bei der Regulierung und Verteilung der Normalarbeitszeit in ausgewählten...

Job rotation as an important element of labour market policy has only a rather short tradition in most Member States of the European Union, except in the scandinavian countries. The transnational partnership job rotation was founded at the end of 1995 and financing for job rotation projects came...