In Mikroanalysen steht der Einzelne, das Individuum - sei es als Person, Haushalt, Unternehmen oder als Organisation - im Vordergrund. Mikroanalysen sind für eine zielgenaue Wirtschafts- und Sozialpolitik fundamental wichtig; erst sie erlauben eine Analyse der von Politik direkt betroffenen....

In western industrialized countries men are on average more than twice as active in entrepreneurship as women. Based on data from a recent representative survey of the adult population in Germany this paper uses an empirical model for the decision to become self-employed to test for differences...

The lockdown and other restrictive measures introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic recession have had a strong impact on labour markets worldwide. As far as the European Union (EU) is concerned, the accelerated fall in total employment was the ‘sharpest decline ever...

The Covid‑19 pandemic severely affected some categories of non-standard workers, and particularly the self‑employed. The emergency measures cushioned the potentially disastrous effect on their social circumstances, but undeniably highlighted even more the gaps in their access and entitlement...

We estimate the labor market power of over 13,000 manufacturing establishments across 82 low and middle-income countries around the world. Within local labor markets, larger and more productive firms have higher wage markdowns and pay lower wages. Labor market power across countries exhibits a...

We study nurses' labour dynamics in light of continuing nurse shortages and the COVID-19 pandemic. Using Dutch monthly administrative microdata, all nursing-qualified persons observed in January 2016 and/or in January 2020 are compared and followed for one year before and three years after both...

This article tests the theory recently put forward by Edward Lazear that individuals with competence in many skills should have a higher probability of being self-employed than others. The empirical results for Germany support this jack-of-all-trades view.

Auch der aktuelle zweite Armuts- und Reichtumsbericht der Bundesregierung akzentuiert die beiden Pole der Einkommensverteilung: Armut und Reichtum. Erstmals ist darin auf der Basis der Mikrodaten der Einkommensteuerstatistiken 1992, 1995 und 1998 - und auf der Basis einer Fortschreibung mit dem...

Individuelle Wohlfahrtsanalysen konzentrieren sich traditionell auf das monetäre Einkommen. Erst in jüngerer Zeit erlangt die Zeitdimension, der zeitliche Aufwand das jeweilige Einkommen zu erzielen, an Bedeutung auch für die Analyse von materieller Ungleichheit (Stichwort: flexible...