This study is the first to estimate mother's marginal willingness to pay (MWP) for job amenities directly. Its identification strategy relies on German maternity leave length. The key aspect of the maternal leave framework is that mothers can decide whether and when to return to their guaranteed...

The study examines the effects of work orientations and work-leisure choices alongside the effect of genes or personality traits on subjective well-being (SWB). The former effects are assumed to be mediated by the match between women's preferred and actual number of working hours indicating...

In allen europäischen Ländern verändern sich gegenwärtig die Arbeitszeitstrukturen. Jede Analyse gleicht einer Momentaufnahme eines sich bewegenden Objekts. In der vorliegenden Studie wurde daher versucht, nicht nur die aktuelle Situation zu beschreiben, sondern auch die Triebkräfte für...