Diese Neuauflage enthält neue empirische Befunde und aktualisiert die Darstellung zentraler sozialpolitischer Institutionen Deutschlands unter Berücksichtigung der weitgehenden Reformen der letzten Jahre.(Verlagstext)

Evidence from a sample of countries show that people roughly spend as much time watching television as earning their living. Moreover, television viewing and work hours are positively correlated across countries. A simple model based on complementarities in the organization of free time is...

In OECD countries watching television is by far the most time-consuming form of leisure. Surprisingly, television viewing is positively correlated with work hours across countries. A simple model based on the notion of aggregate strategic complementarities in social leisure is developed which...