Publications Based on SOEP Data: SOEPlit

Balancing Work and Family Life in Japan and Four European Countries: Econometric Analyses on Mothers' Employment and Timing of Maternity (Tinbergen Institute Research Series No. 337; Dissertation)

New Mothers' Employment and Public Policy in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Japan

Employment Options: Japan in Comparative Perspective

Income Taxation and the Supply of Labour in West Germany

Job Satisfaction: A Comparison of Standard, Non-Standard, and Self-Employment Patterns across Europe with a Special Note to the Gender/Job Satisfaction Paradox

Standard and non-standard employment: gender and modernisation in European labour markets

On the Edge of the Millennium (1994-2001): Transitional Labor Markets in Europe with a Special Note on the Employment-Family Crunch

Female Labor Market Transitions in Europe

Gender-job satisfaction differences across Europe: An indicator for labor market modernization

Job Satisfaction and Public Service Motivation

Based on a unique case study-dataset, the paper analyses job satisfaction and public service motivation in Germany. A special issue of the investigation is related to the evaluation of performance pay scales that were introduced some years ago to German public employees within the frame of fostering New Public Management. The findings display a general dominance of intrinsic motivators. Additionally, ...