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Do you really want to share everything? : the wellbeing of work-linked couples
Hennecke, Juliane; Hetschko, Clemens - 2021
the satisfaction differences between work-linked and non-work-linked partners. Using data from the German Socio …-Economic Panel (SOEP, 2019), we estimate the effect of working in the same occupation and/or industry on life satisfaction as well as … satisfaction with four areas of life: income, work, family and leisure. In the process, we employ pooled OLS estimations and …
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Income or leisure? : on the hidden benefits of (un-)employment
Chadi, Adrian; Hetschko, Clemens - 2017
higher satisfaction with free time, while time spent on hobbies increases to a lesser extent than home production …. Additionally, satisfaction with family life increases, which may be a hidden benefit of being unemployed. In contrast, satisfaction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688216
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How does working-time flexibility affect workers' productivity in a routine job? : evidence from a field experiment
Boltz, Marie; Cockx, Bart; Diaz Escobar, Ana Maria; … - 2020
We conducted an experiment in which we hired workers under different types of contracts to evaluate how flexible working time affects on-the-job productivity in a routine job. Our approach breaks down the global impact on productivity into sorting and behavioral effects. We find that all forms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012307449
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Sequential estimation of structural models with a fixed point constraint
Kasahara, Hiroyuki; Shimotsu, Katsumi - 2008
This paper considers the estimation problem of structural models for which empirical restrictions are characterized by a fixed point constraint, such as structural dynamic discrete choice models or models of dynamic games. We analyze the conditions under which the nested pseudo-likelihood (NPL)...
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On econometric analysis of structural systems with permanent and transitory shocks and exogenous variables
Pagan, Adrian R. (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003495788
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On heckits, LATE, and numerical equivalence
Kline, Patrick; Walters, Christopher R. - 2018
Structural econometric methods are often criticized for being sensitive to functional form assumptions. We study parametric estimators of the local average treatment effect (LATE) derived from a widely used class of latent threshold crossing models and show they yield LATE estimates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011825221
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Education and health : the role of cognitive ability
Bijwaard, Govert; van Kippersluis, Hans; Veenman, Justus - 2013
We aim to disentangle the relative contributions of (i) cognitive ability, and (ii) education on health and mortality using a structural equation model suggested by Conti et al. (2010). We extend their model by allowing for a duration dependent variable, and an ordinal educational variable. Data...
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Parents under stress : evaluating emergency childcare policies during the first Covid-19 lockdown in Germany
Schüller, Simone; Steinberg, Hannah S. - 2021
policies did not considerably affect parents' life satisfaction, partnership satisfaction or mental health, they have been …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012514517
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Globalization, gender, and the family
Keller, Wolfgang; Utar, Hâle - 2019
This paper shows that globalization has far-reaching implications for the economy's fertility rate and family structure because it influences work-life balance. Employing population register data on all births, marriages, and divorces together with employer-employee linked data for Denmark, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012031126
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Women's voice at work and family-friendly firms
Garcia-Louzao, Jose; Perez-Sanz, Ruben - 2024
Uneven family responsibilities are at the root of gender gaps. Using a new dataset covering all firm-level agreements signed in Spain between 2010 and 2018, we explore whether the presence of female worker representatives can facilitate the negotiation of family-friendly policies with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014486809