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And I Will Try to Fix You: A Study of Heterogeneity in Job Satisfaction with Implications for Flexible Employment Contracts
Chongvilaivan, Aekapol; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper is an empirical study of slope heterogeneity in job satisfaction. It provides evidence from the generalized ordered probit models that different job characteristics tend to have different distributional impacts on the overall job satisfaction. For instance, standard models tend to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216290
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Job Anxiety, Work-Related Psychological Illness and Workplace Performance
Jones, Melanie K.; Latreille, Paul L.; Sloane, Peter J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
examine the determinants of employee job anxiety and work-related psychological illness. Job anxiety is found to be strongly … employee job anxiety, in turn, are positively associated with work-related psychological illness among the workforce as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009144856
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Do Higher Childcare Subsidies Improve Parental Well-being? Evidence from Québec's Family Policies
Brodeur, Abel; Connolly, Marie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
In this paper, we investigate the effect of a change in childcare subsidies on parental subjective well-being. Starting in 1997, the Canadian province of Québec implemented a generous program providing $5-a-day childcare to children under the age of 5. By 2007, the percentage of children...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011252277
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Bonus Payments and Reference Point Violations
Ockenfels, Axel; Sliwka, Dirk; Werner, Peter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We investigate how bonus payments affect satisfaction and performance of managers in a large, multinational company. We find that falling behind a naturally occurring reference point for bonus comparisons reduces satisfaction and subsequent performance. The effects tend to be mitigated if...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008592860
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Extra Status and Extra Stress: Are Promotions Good for Us?
Johnston, David W.; Lee, Wang-Sheng - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
stress, income and hours worked. However, despite these large effects on job attributes, we find that promotions have … deterioration two years after receiving a promotion. Thus, it seems the additional stress involved with promotions eventually …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884199
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Job Satisfaction and the Labor Market Institutions in Urban China
Heywood, John S.; Siebert, W. Stanley; Wei, Xiangdong - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
The determinants of worker job satisfaction are estimated using a representative survey of three major cities in China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005030882
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Working Conditions and Job Satisfaction of China's New Generation of Migrant Workers: Evidence from an Inland City
Wang, Huashu; Pan, Lei; Heerink, Nico - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
China is experiencing notable changes in rural-urban migration. Young, more educated migrants with different attitudes … in medium and small size cities, often located in western and central China. Understanding the characteristics and … inland China. The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into the characteristics, working conditions and job attitudes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010659257
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Toward the Integration of Personality Theory and Decision Theory in the Explanation of Economic and Health Behavior
Rustichini, Aldo; DeYoung, Colin G.; Anderson, Jon E.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Trait-based personality psychology and economics have taken different approaches to understanding individual differences, with the former emphasizing variables derived from the factor analysis of trait assessments, and the latter emphasizing variables derived from formal decision theory. In a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010742085
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Transcriptional Modulation of the Developing Immune System by Early Life Social Adversity
Cole, Steven W.; Conti, Gabriella; Arevalo, Jesusa M.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
To identify molecular mechanisms by which early life social conditions might influence adult risk of disease in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta), we analyze changes in basal leukocyte gene expression profiles in 4-month-old animals reared under adverse social conditions. Compared to the basal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990923
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Does Grief Transfer across Generations? In-Utero Deaths and Child Outcomes
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
-utero child, we know little about the effects of psychological stresses. One clear form of stress to the mother comes from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884097