Working remotely can complement and sometimes completely substitute conventional work at the workplace of the company. Until the COVID-19 crisis the share of remote workers was relatively low and empirical investigations show inconsistent results. The recent work has highlighted a dramatic shift...

Arbeitszeitwünsche von Beschäftigten rücken in der jüngsten Vergangenheit stärker in den Fokus der öffentlichen und wissenschaftlichen Debatte. Dabei kommen repräsentative Studien für Deutschland hinsichtlich der Frage von Über- und Unterbeschäftigung zu sehr unterschiedlichen bis...

Arbeitszeitwünsche von Beschäftigten rücken in der jüngsten Vergangenheit stärker in den Fokus der öffentlichen und wissenschaftlichen Debatte. Dabei kommen repräsentative Studien für Deutschland hinsichtlich der Frage von Über- und Unterbeschäftigung zu sehr unterschiedlichen bis...

This study considers active ageing policies in labour market in ten European countries. The study aims to identify changes to European labour markets in the past 15 years and assess what these changes mean for active ageing policy agendas (i.e. identify barriers and opportunities). In Active...

Recent research has shown that the presence of peers can increase individual output both in the lab and the field. This paper tests for negative side effects of peer settings. We investigate whether peer settings are particularly prone to cheating even if they do not provide additional monetary...

A growing number of econometric examinations show that works councils substantially shape the personnel policy of firms in Germany. Firms with works councils make greater use of various HRM practices. This gives rise to the question of whether employers view the shaping of personnel policy...