Bei der EG ist ebenso wie in Deutschland das Beamtenrecht in jüngster Zeit mit dem Zielreformiert worden, den Leistungsbezug zu verstärken. Während die Beförderung als traditionellvorgesehenes Anreizinstrument auch heute übereinstimmend höchste Bedeutung für dieMotivation der...

With decreasing migration costs and fiscal decentralisation on the policy agenda in variousOECD countries, the impact of taxation on migration is of growing interest. Empirical studieson this topic have been limited due to a lack of comparable data in an international contextand a lack of...

Implementing performance pay requires that workers' output be measured. Whenmeasurement costs differ among firms, those with a measurement cost advantage choose toimplement performance pay. They attract the best workers, and both the level and variabilityof compensation are higher at these firms...

Implementing performance pay requires that workers' output be measured. When measurement costs differ among firms, those with a measurement cost advantage choose to implement performance pay. They attract the best workers, and both the level and variability of compensation are higher at these...

"This study analyses the extent and determinants of temporary employment in Switzerland and performs an evaluation of these contracts using data from the first three waves of the Swiss Household Panel (SHP), i.e. for the years 1999 to 2001. It is shown that temporary employment is most common...

"The paper examines the magnitude, trend, motives and determinants of the job-to-job mobility of workers in Switzerland. This is done using both the job changes that have actually occurred and intended job changes. It is shown that the macroeconomic job-turnover rate increased in trend in the...

"In der Studie werden die gewünschten Arbeitszeiten, die Überstunden und die Stundenrestriktionen der abhängig Erwerbstätigen in der Schweiz analysiert. Als Datenbasis verwenden die Autoren einerseits die Schweizerische Arbeitskräfteerhebung (SAKE) des Jahres 1998. Dabei wird folgendes...

This study analyses the extent and determinants of temporary employment in Switzerland and performs an evaluation of these contracts using data from the first three waves of the Swiss Household Panel (SHP), i.e. for the years 1999 to 2001. It is shown that temporary employment is most common...

In this paper, the item nonresponse problem associated with wage data collected by telephone surveys is analysed. Using data from the 1998 Swiss Labour Force Survey (SLFS) and data on interviewers, it is shown that the response decision can only partially be explained by the chracteristics of...

Atypical employment contracts are either considered as traps that hinder permanent employment in the primary segment of the labour market or as stepping-stones leading to stable employment. Whereas the former interpretation appears to apply to Germany, our analysis of on-call contracts in the...