Viele Betriebe bieten ihren Beschäftigten nicht die Möglichkeiten, sich im Laufe ihres Lebens ausreichend weiterzubilden. Zu den Ursachen liegt eine umfassende Forschung vor. Als ein wesentliches Problem erweist sich das Fehlen zeitlicher Ressourcen. Bisher kaum erforscht sind...

The significance of life-course oriented approaches to working-time organisation is heightened in the current context of demographic change and profound transformations in the system of gainful employment and employment biographies. The aim of these approaches is to create new and better ways...

Nach Daten des Instituts für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) hat 2011 nur jeder zweite Betrieb Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen zeitlich oder finanziell gefördert. Die Weiterbildungsquote der Beschäftigten lag bei weniger als einem Drittel. Bestimmte Gruppen, wie gering qualifizierte oder...

Since the mid 1990s, the focus of European employment and social policy has shifted from protection to promotion. This book provides a timely analysis of this new form of governance, and the new forms of policy delivery and audit which accompany it.

This article introduces the concept of household governance and investigates empirical differences in governance practices among Dutch households. It stresses informal household rules and conflict-handling strategies of cohabiting couples as important means to govern daily time allocation. The...

The article investigates two legal provisions in the Netherlands: firstly, the verlofspaarregeling (2001-2005) and secondly, the levensloopregeling (since January 2006). Both provisions give employees the opportunity to store time on lifetime working accounts and to use this time for paid...

The paper introduces the basic concept and functioning of long-term workingtime accounts and discusses major trends, risks and opportunities with regard to life-course oriented working-time adjustments. It gives a detailed overview of the distribution and use of long-term working-time accounts...

This paper explains variation in the labor supply of male and female employees by taking into account differences in conflict management strategies in Dutch households. While existing accounts on labor supply either emphasize household restrictions, firm influences or institutional constraints...