Wie organisieren europäische Gesellschaften ihre soziale Zeit? Wie verändert sich mit der Integration Europas und mit der Globalisierung der Alltag? Diese Fragen werden auf einer umfangreichen empirischen Basis in vier Gesellschaften, in Deutschland, Großbritannien, Spanien und Schweden,...

Working time flexibility is a potentially important lever to foster the reconciliation of work, family, and private life. Giving workers greater autonomy and more control over their working times could empower them to better balance their work and non-work demands. This could then in turn lead...

Comparisons of well-being across societies depend both on the amount of inequality at the national level and also on the national average level of well-being. Comparisons between the U.S. and western Europe show that inequality is greater in the U.S. but that average GDP per capita is also...