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Safety Net Still in Transition: Labour Market IncentiveEffects of Extending Social Support in Poland

Haan, Peter; Myck, Michal - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

Many aspects of the economic transition which started in 1989 in Poland are by nowcomplete. However, the route Polish governments have so far taken concerning the systemof support for low-income families still implies very different poverty alleviation schemescompared to those found in many...

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Work-Life Balance Practices and the Gender Gap in Job Satisfaction in the UK : Evidence from Matched Employer-Employee Data

Asadullah, Niaz; Fernández, Rosa M. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

characteristics such as WLB andgender segregation boost the satisfaction of women proportionately more than that of men … satisfaction but similarly for bothdemographic groups thereby reducing the gender gap in job satisfaction only slightly. Still … only explain a half of thegender gap in job satisfaction, suggesting that the other half may be due to …

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Measuring Ethnic Identity and Its Impact onEconomic Behavior

Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

The paper advocates for a new measure of the ethnic identity of migrants, models itsdeterminants and explores its explanatory power for various types of their economicperformance...

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Acculturation Identity and Labor Market Outcomes

Nekby, Lena; Rödin, Magnus - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

This paper explores the identity formation of a cohort of students with immigrant backgroundsin Sweden and the consequences of identity for subsequent labor market outcomes. Uniquefor this study is that identity is defined according to a two-dimensional acculturationframework based on both...

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Wage Structure and Labor Mobilityin the Netherlands 1999-2003

Borghans, Lex; Kriechel, Ben - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

In this paper we document the wage structure and labor mobility in the Netherlands in theperiod 1999-2003. We explain the importance of wage-setting institutions in the Netherlandsand the main actors. The analyses are based on administrative sources allowing forcomparisons between and within...

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