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their happiness, adjusted for numerous demographic and economic variables. Satisfaction among married individuals increases … most with additional time spent with spouse. Among singles, satisfaction decreases most as more time is spent alone …
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union membership and employee job satisfaction is positive and statistically significant. This runs counter to findings in … United States we show the association between union membership and job satisfaction switched from negative to positive in the … between membership and job satisfaction is apparent in cohorts born in the 1940s and 1950s but turns positive for those born …
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relative marginal utilities not only for happiness and life satisfaction, but also for aspects related to family, health …
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This paper describes measurement of a self-employment rate and the important role the agricultural sector plays in any analysis of the determinants of self-employment. The determinants of the self-employment rate are modeled using a panel of 23 countries for the period 1966-1996. A similar...
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The distribution of job satisfaction widened across cohorts of young men in the United States between 1978 and 1988 …, and between 1978 and 1996, in ways correlated with changing wage inequality. Satisfaction among workers in upper earnings … determinants of satisfaction are presented and examined using both cross-section data on these cohorts and panel data from the NLSY …
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We revisit the well-known negative association between union coverage and individuals' job satisfaction in the United …
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We develop a theory that focuses on the general equilibrium and long-run macroeconomic consequences of trends in job utility--the process benefits and costs of work. Given secular increases in job utility, work hours per population can remain approximately constant over time even if the income...
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This paper reports the results of a survey of over 1500 employees who faced compulsory reductions of 10 percent in hours of work and earnings during the second half of 1985. The workers were asked how they used the free time and how they viewed the program, and their answers were analyzed in...
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increases worker satisfaction is likely to stem from the experimental design: asking for volunteers to be assigned more complex …
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, supervisor performance, and overall job satisfaction. Enabling voice in this manner reduced turnover and absenteeism after the …
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