The paper examines the interdependencies of financialisation and working conditions by exploring the comparative findings of a micro-level survey on household income, household debt, and working conditions which was conducted in five European countries representing different institutional and...

Assistierenden Technologien und Ambient Assisted Living-Systemen (AAL) kommen im Kontext alters- und behindertengerechter Lebenswelten eine hohe gesellschaftliche und wirtschaftliche Bedeutung zu. Sie sollen im Alltag helfen, zur Aufrechterhaltung der individuellen Selbständigkeit beitragen und...

It is not clear, whether changes in self-employment are primarily driven by the necessity to take part in the labour market, or if those activities reflect new modes of labour market integration revealing new opportunities and markets, which are especially due in wide parts to the service and...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to discuss the ongoing increase of female entrepreneurship within a broader context of influencing factors, especially within the division of work. Talk about the rise and future of self-employment must be linked to the discussion about changes in the...