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....

"Time-use statistics offer a unique tool for exploring a wide range of policy concerns including social change; division of labour; allocation of time for household work; the estimation of the value of household production; transportation; leisure and recreation; pension plans; and health-care...

It is the growing societal interest about the individual and its behaviour in our and "modern" societies which is asking for microanalyses about the individual situation. In order to allow these microanalyses on a quantitative and empirically based level microsimulation models were developed and...