Im Fokus der Untersuchung stehen Ausmaß, Entwicklung und Struktur befristeter Beschäftigung im öffentlichen Dienst. Betrachtet werden zudem Befristungspraxis und Befristungsmotive öffentlicher Arbeitgeber. Die Privatwirtschaft und der gemeinnützige Dritte Sektor werden zur besseren...

For a number of European countries the presence of a more or less large number of foreign workers and their families is a fact to which they will have to adjust. As a rule, the longer the length of their stay, the less probable it becomes that these workers will return to their country of...

One can be independent, or subject to decisions made by others. This paper empirically tests whether individuals attach an intrinsic value to the institutional difference between independence and hierarchy. Taking self-employment as an important case of independence, it is shown that the...