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Using Finnish panel data, we study how entrepreneurs differ from workers in education and income dynamics. We find that … workers have higher median income in all educational groups. Without additional controls, entrepreneurs have higher average … switch from entrepreneurship to workers, while education does not explain, in a statistically significant level, switching …
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satisfaction, commitment, health, employability, social participation and effects on personal life for agency workers. It is … flexibilization instrument, temporary agency work is characterized by high labor turnover rates. As a result, agency workers might … research on job stability for agency workers. …
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commitment to not reforming the military in the future. …
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This paper compares education investment in closed and open economies without government and with a benevolent government. The fact that the time consistency problem in taxation can make labor mobility beneficial even if governments are fully benevolent - which is known from other contexts - is...
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We study the process of endogenous democratization from inefficient oligarchic systems in an economy where heterogeneous individuals can get involved in predation activities. The features of democracies are shown to be crucially related to the conditions under which democratization initially...
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Incomplete information is a commitment device for time consistency problems. In the contextof time consistent labor …
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We study the link between homeownership and entrepreneurship using a model of occupational choice and housing tenure where homeowners commit a fixed budget to mortgage payments. Our model predicts that: (i) mortgage commitments, by amplifying risk aversion, diminish the likelihood that...
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We provide a model with endogenous portfolios of secured and unsecured household debt. Secured debt is collateralized by owner-occupied housing whereas unsecured debt can be discharged according to bankruptcy regulations. We show that the calibrated model matches important quantitative...
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the determinants of a measure of worker commitment and loyalty (CLI) and whether CLI influences workplace performance …. Factors influencing employee commitment and loyalty include age and gender, whilst workplace level characteristics of … importance include human resource practices. With respect to the effects of employee commitment and loyalty upon the workplace …
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reduce workers’ utility. …
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