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And i will try to fix you : a study of heterogeneity in job satisfaction with implications for flexible employment contracts

Chongvilaivan, Aekapol; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2011

This paper is an empirical study of slope heterogeneity in job satisfaction. It provides evidence from the generalized ordered probit models that different job characteristics tend to have different distributional impacts on the overall job satisfaction. For instance, standard models tend to...

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In-work benefits and the Nordic model

Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Tonin, Mirco - 2012

Welfare benefits in the Nordic countries are often tied to employment. We argue that this is one of the factors behind the success of the Nordic model, where a comprehensive welfare state is associated with high employment. In a general equilibrium setting, the underlining mechanism works...

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Flexible workplace practices and labor productivity

Bauer, Thomas K. (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Flexible work organization and employer provided training : evidence from German linked employer-employee data

Campaner, Annika; Heywood, John S.; Jirjahn, Uwe - 2018

variety, two essential elements of flexibility. Critically, the training associated with workplace flexibility does not simply … workplace flexibility is disproportionately oriented toward employees with a greater formal education. Our results also provide … modest evidence of an age bias of workplace flexibility. However, the link between workplace flexibility and training does …

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IC technology and learning : an impact evaluation of cl ssi2.0

Checchi, Daniele; Rettore, Enrico; Girardi, Silvia - 2015

In this paper we present a counterfactual evaluation of the effect of ICT resources at school on student achievements conducted in Italy. In 2009 156 classes at 6th grade were endowed with additional resources earmarked for purchasing ICT equipments only. By selecting an equivalent number of...

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Upside-down down-under: cold temperatures reduce learning in Australia

Johnston, David; Knott, Rachel; Mendolia, Silvia; … - 2021

Understanding how variation in weather and climate conditions impact productivity, performance and learning is of crucial economic importance. Recently, studies have established that high temperatures negatively impact cognition and educational outcomes in several countries around the world. We...

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Workplace incentives and organizational learning

Amodio, Francesco; Martinez-Carrasco, Miguel A. - 2020

This paper studies learning within organizations when incentives change. We use a simple principal-agent model to show how, in the presence of imperfect information over the shape of the production function, worker's effort choice changes over time as information is disclosed and processed. We...

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Learning through coworker referrals

Glitz, Albrecht; Vejlin, Rune Majlund - 2019

In this paper, we study the role of coworker referrals for labor market outcomes. Using comprehensive Danish administrative data covering the period 1980 to 2005, we first document a strong tendency of workers to follow their former coworkers into the same establishments and provide evidence...

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Does work-based learning facilitate the school to work transition? : evidence from an Italian reform

Bernardi, Martino; Bertoni, Marco; Brunello, Giorgio; … - 2024

In 2015, school-work alternation programmes (alternanza scuola lavoro) became compulsory in all Italian high schools, with the purpose of enabling students to combine theoretical learning at school with work-based learning. A distinctive feature of this reform was that the intensity of...

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Union membership effect on wage premiums : evidence from organized manufacturing industries in India

Bhandari, Amit Kumar (contributor) - 2008

Trade unionism is a legislative system of organizing workers and raising voices for economic and social goods. As the process of global integration deepens the labour market become more flexible and fragmented, rendering collective organization more and more difficult. In this backdrop, the...

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