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Cooperatives in a Global Economy: Key Economic Issues, Recent Trends, and Potential for Development
Smith, Stephen C.; Rothbaum, Jonathan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In this paper, we examine major trends and potential for cooperatives in the context of four prominent socio-economic issues: the lack of jobs, economic and social inequality, educational mobility, and the priority need for innovations. We present recent data on the amount and types of job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884382
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Inequality in Individual Mortality and Economic Conditions Earlier in Life
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Lindeboom, Maarten; López, Marta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We analyze the effect of being born in a recession on the mortality rate later in life in conjunction with social class. We use individual data records from Dutch registers of birth, marriage, and death certificates, covering the period 1815-2000, and we merge these with historical data on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703315
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A New Continuous Distribution and Two New Families of Distributions Based on the Exponential
Jasso, Guillermina; Kotz, Samuel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Recent work on social status led to derivation of a new continuous distribution based on the exponential. The new variate, termed the ring(2)-exponential, in turn leads to derivation of two closely-related new families of continuous distributions, which we call the mirrorexponential and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761641
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Subjective Measures of Economic Well-Being and the Influence of Income Uncertainty
Schwarze, Johannes - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
: Satisfaction with household income and the income evaluation question as developed by Van Praag. It can be shown that satisfaction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233925
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Work Hours Constraints: Impacts and Policy Implications
Constant, Amelie F.; Otterbach, Steffen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
, and overall life satisfaction? Labor supply and corresponding demand are fundamental to production. Labor economists know …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395424
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Decentralization, Happiness and the Perception of Institutions
Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Europe deliver greater satisfaction with political institutions and lead to greater personal happiness. The analysis uses … the level of satisfaction with political and economic institutions and with the education and health systems, whereas the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009403390
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Economic Satisfaction and Income Rank in Small Neighbourhoods
Clark, Andrew E.; Kristensen, Nicolai; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
neighbourhoods. This income information is matched to demographic and economic satisfaction variables from eight years of Danish ECHP … data. Panel regression analysis shows that, conditional on own household income, respondents report higher satisfaction … marginal effect in satisfaction terms. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703535
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Never the Same After the First Time: The Satisfaction of the Second-Generation Self-Employed
Clark, Andrew E.; Colombier, Nathalie; Masclet, David - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Previous empirical work has shown that the self-employed are generally more satisfied than salaried workers. This paper contributes to the existing literature in two ways. First, using French data from the ECHP and British data from the BHPS, we investigate the domains over which this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763614
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Job Satisfaction and Family Happiness: The Part-time Work Puzzle
Booth, Alison; van Ours, Jan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
satisfaction; job satisfaction; and life satisfaction. We account for interdependence within the family using data on partnered men … and women from the British Household Panel Survey. We find that men have the highest hours-of-work satisfaction if they … work full-time without overtime hours but neither their job satisfaction nor their life satisfaction are affected by how …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763798
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Job Mismatches and Labour Market Outcomes: Panel Evidence on Australian University Graduates
Mavromaras, Kostas G.; McGuinness, Seamus; O'Leary, Nigel C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
analyse the relationship of both mismatches with pay, job satisfaction and job mobility. We find that overeducation and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008548720