Die gewerbliche Zeitarbeit ist eine der am stärksten expandierenden Beschäftigungsformen in Deutschland. Allein in den vergangenen zehn Jahren hat sich die Zahl der Zeitarbeitnehmer, trotz allgemeiner wirtschaftlicher Stagnation, auf 340 000 im Jahre 2001 verdreifacht. Damit ist auch die...

Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass vormals beschäftigte Zeitarbeiter weitaus öfter ihre frühere Stelle durch eine Betriebsstilllegung oder durch eine arbeitgeberseitige Kündigung verloren als andere Arbeitnehmer; auch hatten sie im Vergleich zu diesen zum Zeitpunkt der Beendigung des letzten...

National sentiment can have major implications for individual consumption and investment choices but has been researched little by economists. This article studies how national sentiment in the form of a perception or loyalty bias of bettors may affect pricing patterns on national wagering...

Over the past years, public smoking bans have been introduced in most European countries. Unlike elsewhere, in Germany such bans were introduced at state level at different points in time, which provides important intra-country regional variation that can be exploited to identify the effects of...

This paper investigates the short-term effects of public smoking bans on individual smoking behavior. In 2007 and 2008, state-level smoking bans were gradually introduced in all of Germany's federal states. We exploit this variation to identify the effect that smoke-free policies had on...

Empirical studies on the earnings effects of tobacco use have found significant wage penalties attached to smoking. This article produces evidence that suggests that these estimates are significantly upward biased. The bias arises from a general failure in the literature to control for past...

In laboratory experiments, we compare the performance of short-term and long-term contracts in a two-period supplier–buyer dyad with asymmetric cost information. We find that buyers tend to reject offers if the payoff inequality increases from one period to the next. We coin this dynamic form...

Internet services are often free of charge but ask for customers' personal data in exchange for usage. We experimentally study whether the provision of information-based public goods is susceptible to restraint when contributions not only make contributors better off but also enable a...