One proposal frequently raised to increase flexibility of the German labour market is the liberalization of the job protection law. It applies to those establishments with more than a cut-off number of employees. The argument examined in this paper is that this step in legal regulation hinders...

In der aktuellen wirtschafts- und gesellschaftspolitischen Diskussion wird eine zunehmende Steuer- und Abgabenbelastung thematisiert. Neuen Steuergesetzen und Wirkungsanalysen von Steueränderungen hat eine Analyse vorauszugehen, die die Steuerlast einzelner gesellschaftlicher Gruppen erfaßt...

In der aktuellen wirtschafts- und gesellschaftspolitischen Diskussion wird eine zunehmende Steuer- und Abgabenbelastung thematisiert. Neuen Steuergesetzen und Wirkungsanalysen von Steueränderungen hat eine Analyse vorauszugehen, die die Steuerlast einzelner gesellschaftlicher Gruppen erfaßt...

Empirical analyses using cross-sectional and panel data found significantly higher levels of job satisfaction for self-employed than for employees. We argue that those estimates in previous studies might be biased by neglecting anticipation and adaptation effects. For testing we specify several...

Extending the traditional income poverty concept by multidimensional poverty has been of growing interest within the last years. This paper contributes with an analysis of interdepend-ent multidimensional (IMD) poverty intensity of time and income, which in particular restricts social...

The labour market providing individual resources and economic well-being is an actual topic in the economic and social policy discussion. In the course of time the traditional full-time work is diminishing, new labour arrangements are discussed (keyword: flexible labour markets). This study will...

This paper argues that public holidays facilitate the co-ordination of leisure time but do not constrain the annual amount of leisure. Public holidays therefore have benefits both in the utility of leisure on holidays and (by enabling people to maintain social contacts more easily) in increasing...

If certain start-up characteristics will indicate a business success, knowing such characteristics could generate more successful start-ups and more efficient start-up counseling. Our study will contribute to this by quantifying individual success determinants of freelance start-ups. The data...