A widespread finding among studies from the US and the UK is that maternal employment is correlated with an increased risk of child overweight, even in a causal manner, whereas studies from European countries obtain less conclusive results. As evidence for Germany is still scarce, the purpose of...

Abstract Ausgehend von der Annahme einer fortschreitenden Herausbildung eines globalen Arbeitsmarktes ist das Ziel des Beitrags, Determinanten für Migrationsbereitschaft im Europäischen Ländervergleich zu bestimmen (N=7.220; Deutschland, Frankreich, Spanien, Schweiz und Polen). Dabei werden...

Persistence in self-employment is crucial for entrepreneurial activities to generate long-term economic benefits. Consequently, this research examined the commitment of the self-employed towards their business as an important determinant of persistence. However, this research treats the...

According to the segmentation theory, low-skilled jobs belong to the secondary sector of the labour market. Low-skilled jobs do not require vocational training and workers are interchangeable. Therefore, workers in this sector have poor working conditions and are regularly affected by employment...