Das AMS Wien faßte im Jahr 1998 intern den Beschluß, Wiedereinsteigerinnen als Zielgruppe speziell zu unterstützen. In der Folge wurde seitens des AMS Wien in Kooperation mit dem Wiener ArbeitnehmerInnen Förderungsfonds (WAFF) ein Grundgerüst für Kursmaßnahmen zur Unterstützung...

Die vorliegende Studie 'Unterstützungsnotwendigkeiten des AMS zur Erleichterung des beruflichen Wiedereinstieges nach längerer Beschäftigungspause', die im Jahr 2004 im Auftrag des AMS Vorarlberg von dem Salzburger Institut Solution - Sozialforschung & Entwicklung abgeschlossen wurde, geht...

Der vorliegende AMS report basiert auf einer Studie, die im Auftrag der Frauenabteilung des Arbeitsmarktservice Österreich (AMS) in einer Kooperation von den sozialwissenschaftlichen Instituten L&R Sozialforschung und öibf durchgeführt wurde. Ein wesentlicher Ausgangspunkt ist die seit Jahren...

This paper asks whether part-time work makes women happy. Previous research on labour supply has assumed that as workers freely choose their optimal working hours on the basis of their innate preferences and the hourly wage rate, outcome reflects preference. This paper tests this assumption by...

Remittances from Germany are substantial. Cross-border transfers to family and friendship networks outside Germany are not only made by foreigners. Many naturalized migrants send money home as well. Here, we focus on transnational networks and gender-specific determinants of remittances from the...

This study used data from the German Socio-economic Panel to examine gender differences in the extent to which self-reported subjective well-being was associated with occupying a high-level managerial position in the labour market,compared with employment in nonleadership, non-high-level...

The present paper develops a general equilibrium model with overlapping generations and endogenous fertility in order to analyze the interaction between public policy and household labor supply and fertility decisions. The model's benchmark equilibrium reflects the current family policy as well...

This study used data from the German Socio-economic Panel to examine gender differences in the extent to which self-reported subjective well-being was associated with occupying a high-level managerial position in the labour market, compared with employment in non-leadership, non-high-level...

The study examines the effects of work orientations and work-leisure choices alongside the effect of genes or personality traits on subjective well-being (SWB). The former effects are assumed to be mediated by the match between women's preferred and actual number of working hours indicating...