The purpose of this report is to provide a comparative analysis of the extent to which 31 European states (the 28 Member States and the 3 EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) have adopted measures which promote the reconciliation of working and private and family life. In contrast...

The purpose of this report is to provide information on and present an analysis of the implementation of Parental Leave Directive 2010/18 as well as possible weaknesses and lacunae in the existing acquis. The focus of this report will be on the way the various types of family leave and other...

The transition from school to work is a crucial phase in the lives of young people that has lasting effects on their entire life courses. In recent years, labour market uncertainty and comparatively high unemployment rates have been major challenges for young people leaving the educational...

Are couples in Europe becoming more gender-equal? This short statistical paper examines two specific aspects of the question: (i) the emerging trends in couples’ earnings structure, and (ii) the extent to which more equal earnings relates to more equal domestic work contributions. We found a...

This report presents a new way of investigating gender segregation by occupation. The analyses show conclusively that the nature of the occupation itself is important, above and beyond whether an occupation is male-dominated, female-dominated or mixed, and above and beyond whether an occupation...

Am Beispiel des Managementteams, also aller Mitarbeier, die ihren Chef unmittelbar berichten, wird gezeigt, wie eine Gruppe geführt werden kann. Dabei kommt es zum Beispiel darauf an, ein "Wir-Gefühl" für die Gruppe zu erreichen.(...) [NetSkill/Competence Site]<p>

"The goal of developing a Classification of Occupations 2010 (KldB 2010) was to create an up-to-date and generally accepted classification of occupations for Germany, which on the one hand satisfies the pronounced occupation-specific structuring of the German labor market and on the other hand...

"The market has both a coordination function and an incentive function. The first theorem of welfare economics is all about coordination; the principal-agent model is all about incentives. What is the relative importance of the market in carrying out these two functions? While there has been a...

"Das 1970 gegründete "Französische Studien- und Forschungszentrum für Qualifikationen" (CEREQ) gehört heute zu den wichtigsten Gesprächspartnern des IAB, nicht zuletzt wegen der vergleichbaren Probleme, die beide Institute bei der Erfüllung ihrer Aufgaben zu lösen haben. Ausgehend von den...