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Financial development, entrepreneurship and job satisfaction
Bianchi, Milo - HAL - 2008
This paper shows that utility differences between the self-employed and the employees increase with financial development. This effect is not explained by increased profits but by an increased value of non- monetary benefits, in particular job independence. We interpret these findings by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738704
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Financial Development, Entrepreneurship, and Job Satisfaction
Bianchi, Milo - HAL - 2012
This paper shows that utility differences between the self-employed and employees increase with financial development. This effect is not explained by increased profits but by an increased value of non-monetary benefits, in particular job independence. We interpret these findings by building a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009647496
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A Benchmark for Management Effectiveness
Zimmermann, Bill; Chanaron, Jean-Jacques; Klieb, Leslie - HAL - 2007
This study presents a tool to gauge managerial effectiveness in the form of a questionnaire that is easy to administer and score. The instrument covers eight distinct areas of organisational climate and culture of management inside a company or department. Benchmark scores were determined by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008796022
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A Benchmark for Management Effectiveness
Zimmermann, Bill; Chanaron, Jean-Jacques; Klieb, Leslie - HAL - 2007
This study presents a tool to gauge managerial effectiveness in the form of a questionnaire that is easy to administer and score. The instrument covers eight distinct areas of organisational climate and culture of management inside a company or department. Benchmark scores were determined by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010549097
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Do Higher Childcare Subsidies Improve Parental Well-being? Evidence from Québec's Family Policies
Brodeur, Abel; Connolly, Marie - HAL - 2012
with it higher income, independence and bargaining power. Yet a decrease in women's subjective well-being over previous … decades has been documented, perhaps due to a Second Shift effect where women work more but still bear the brunt of housework … men and women, but different effects on satisfaction with work-life balance. This suggests that fathers' life satisfaction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738903
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Health, Work Intensity, and Technological Innovations
Boucekkine, Raouf; Hritonenko, Natali; Yatsenko, Yuri - HAL - 2013
Work significantly affects human life and health. Overworking may decrease the quality of life and cause direct economic losses. Technological innovations encourage modernization of firms' capital and improve labor productivity in the workplace. The paper investigates the optimal individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933934
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Do Higher Childcare Subsidies Improve Parental Well-being? Evidence from Québec's Family Policies
Brodeur, Abel; Connolly, Marie - HAL - 2012
with it higher income, independence and bargaining power. Yet a decrease in women's subjective well-being over previous … decades has been documented, perhaps due to a Second Shift effect where women work more but still bear the brunt of housework … men and women, but different effects on satisfaction with work-life balance. This suggests that fathers' life satisfaction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010784109
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Le "plafond de verre" : les freins à la mobilité ascendante des femmes dans les entreprises
Philippe, Sarah - HAL - 2013
À partir des années 60, l'entrée massive des femmes dans le salariat a provoqué un bouleversement majeur dans la société, favorisant leur émancipation et réduisant les inégalités hommes-femmes au travail. Cependant, l'histoire de l'égalité professionnelle, marquée par un phénomène...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010820821
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High relative wages and high work intensity: The French food processing model in international perspective
Caroli, Eve; Gautié, Jérôme; Lamanthe, Annie - HAL - 2009
This paper investigates wages and working conditions of operators in the French food manufacturing sector. In many countries (especially the USA and the UK) the food processing sector employs by a very large fraction of low-paid workers. In France, as evidenced by our case studies in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325725
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Has the Quality of Work Improved in the EU-15 between 1995 and 2005?
Greenan, Nathalie; Kalugina, Ekaterina; Walkowiak, … - HAL - 2013
This paper provides a mapping of quality of work and measures its evolution between 1995 and 2005 by using European Working Conditions Surveys. With a multilevel modelling, we assess the sensitivity of observed trends to "composition effects" and "country effects". Results suggest a decreasing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010690218