Vergleiche der Jahresarbeitszeiten zwischen Ländern sind nur aussagefähig, wenn Datenquelle und Berechnungsart vergleichbar sind. Die OECD-Statistik der Jahresarbeitszeiten ist nach eigener Aussage der OECD nicht für Vergleiche zwischen Ländern geeignet, wird aber in der aktuellen Debatte so...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effect of cantonal social policies and cultural settings (in Switzerland) on women’s and men’s employment behaviour. Special consideration is given to the transition to parenthood. Design/methodology/approach – Based on data from the...

"This article deals with the sometimes large differences which exist when collecting information on actual working hours by means of various surveys. In contrast to the IAB’s calculation of annual working hours based on macro-data, more and more often data on actual working hours are being...

"This article deals with the sometimes large differences which exist when collecting information on actual working hours by means of various surveys. In contrast to the IAB’s calculation of annual working hours based on macro-data, more and more often data on actual working hours are being...