Sharing the available stock of work more fairly is a popular concern in the public policy debate. One policy proposal is to reduce overtime work in order to allow the employment of more people. This paper suggests that such a concept faces major problems. Using Germany as a case study, it is...

So einfach, so schwierig: Die Welt zu erklären hängt insbesondere von der Güte der zur Verfügung stehenden Daten ab. Eine der kritischen Variablen in der Mikroanalyse von Wohlfahrt und"human resources" ist Einkommen; umso mehr, wenn die Situation von Selbständigen und Freien Berufen und das...

This article gives methodological guidance on how best to compare the share of profits in value-added across countries using national accounts. Such comparisons are often based on accounts for institutional sectors such as non-financial corporations. It turns out that these are less...