This paper reviews changes in pension policies in EU countries between 1995 and2005 and describes how they might affect risk of poverty for future pensionerpopulations. The pension landscape in Europe has changed considerably in the pastdecade and the paper highlights commonalities as well as...

Ziel der vorliegenden Studie war es, eine betriebswirtschaftlicheSicht zum Thema Mindestlohneinzunehmen. Diesem Ziel folgend wurden dieWirkungen eines Mindestlohns auf KMU unterschiedlicherBranchen, Betriebstypen und Standortesowie das Ausgleichsverhalten der Betriebewie folgt untersucht:•...

In this paper we use microdata on employment and earnings from avariety of industrialised countries to investigate the family gap in pay –the differential in hourly wages between women with children andwomen without children. We present results from seven countries:Australia, Canada, the...

Older men have experienced the largest falls in employment over thelast twenty years. Two-fifths of men aged between 55 and 65 are withoutwork, compared to one-fifth in 1979, and the difference is equivalent to600,000 fewer jobs for this age group alone. Older women have notshared in the general...

The principal aim of Section F of the British Association is to show how economicanalysis can be applied to illuminate important issues of public concern. The themefor the 1997 Section F Meeting of “Equality and Opportunity” surely satisfied thiscriterion. The subject matter is highly...

This paper uses microdata from the United States, Britain, and Japan toexamine the effects of family leave coverage on women's employment afterchildbirth. Our three sample countries provide a range of family leavepolicy regimes. The United States had no national family leave legislationprior to...

This paper examines changes in earnings inequality and mobility between 1978/9 and 2005/6 using a unique dataset that includes both those with secure patterns of employment and a wider group who experience periods without earnings. It finds significant increases in annual earnings inequality for...

This paper is an attempt to assess the extent to which the behaviour of anindividual is the result of the constraints that he or she faces – factorsbeyond individual control - or the result of the exercise of his or herpreferences. The study concentrates on participation or non-participationin...

Die Diskussion eines bedingungslosenGrundeinkommens in gleichstellungspolitischerPerspektive macht deutlich,was für dieses Modell insgesamt gilt: Es istkein Allheilmittel, sondern kann nur dannein Beitrag zur sozialen Gerechtigkeitsein, wenn die gesamtgesellschaftlichenRahmenbedingungen eine...

In einigen europäischen Ländernerleben Genossenschaften einenBoom, der mit neuen Beschäftigungsmöglichkeiteneinhergeht.In Deutschland ist die Zahl derGenossenschaften demgegenüberseit Jahren rückläufi g. Vor allem fürkleinere Selbsthilfeinitiativen ist dieGenossenschaft ungeeignet; sie...