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Does Job Satisfaction Improve the Health of Workers? New Evidence Using Panel Data and Objective Measures of Health
Fischer, Justina A. V.; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper evaluates the relationship between job satisfaction and measures of health of workers using the German Socio …) cross-sectional causality problems and (b) absence of objective measures of physical health that complement self …-reported measures of health status. Not only does using the panel structure with individual fixed effects mitigate the bias from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703142
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Do People Become Healthier after Being Promoted?
Boyce, Christopher J.; Oswald, Andrew J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
as a whole, promotees do not exhibit a health improvement after promotion. Instead the data suggest that workers with … good health are more likely to be promoted. In the private sector, we find that job promotion significantly worsens people …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700974
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The Effects of Overeducation on Productivity in Germany - The Firms' Viewpoint
Büchel, Felix - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
Several firm-related aspects of employee productivity are analyzed using GSOEP data. The basic premise is that, as a consequence of frustration, overeducated employees are less productive than their correctly allocated colleagues. However, the results obtained in the present study contradict the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761621
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Outsourcing, Occupational Restructuring, and Employee Well-Being: Is There a Silver Lining?
Böckerman, Petri; Maliranta, Mika - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper examines the relationship between outsourcing and various aspects of employee well-being by devoting special attention to the role of occupational restructuring as a conveying mechanism. Using linked employer-employee data, we find that offshoring involves job destruction, especially...
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Temporary Contracts and Young Workers' Job Satisfaction in Italy
Bruno, Giovanni S. F.; Caroleo, Floro Ernesto; Dessy, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
The Italian process of flexibilization of the labour market has created a dual market populated by protected permanent employees and unprotected temporary workers. The latter comprises not only temporary employment relationships but also autonomous collaborations used by firms as low-cost de...
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Job Satisfaction and Self-Selection into the Public or Private Sector: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Danzer, Natalia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Are public sector jobs better than private sector jobs? To answer this question, this paper investigates observed differences in job satisfaction between public- and private-sector workers and disentangles the effect of worker sorting from the one caused by sector-specific job characteristics. A...
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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
-quality panel data we estimate pre- and post-promotion effects on job attributes, physical health, mental health and life … negligible effects on workers' health and happiness. Only mental health seems affected, with estimates suggesting significant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884199
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How Does Temporary Agency Work Impact German Agency Workers?
Spermann, Alexander - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
The enormous speed of change in the working world is associated with greater job insecurity. As a dynamic external … satisfaction, commitment, health, employability, social participation and effects on personal life for agency workers. It is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884386
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Boss Competence and Worker Well-being
Artz, Benjamin; Goodall, Amanda H.; Oswald, Andrew J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Nearly all workers have a supervisor or 'boss'. Yet there is almost no published research by economists into how bosses affect the quality of employees' lives. This study offers some of the first formal evidence. First, it is shown that a boss's technical competence is the single strongest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959573
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Effect of Sexual Orientation on Job Satisfaction: Evidence from Greece
Drydakis, Nick - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
gay men and lesbians who disclosed their sexual orientation more recently. Moreover, adverse mental health symptoms have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959600