The time allocated to household chores is substantial, with the burden falling disproportionately upon women. Further …, social norms about how much work men and women should contribute in the home are likely to influence couples' housework … satisfaction based on predicted and residual housework time. We find that women's satisfaction, but not men's, is robustly affected …

differences between the self-employed and employees in the US. In a theoretical framework where self-employed workers minimize … their commuting time, employees do not minimize their commuting time because they lack full information, and thus the … difference between the time devoted to commuting by self-employed workers and employees is modeled as wasteful commuting (i …

We investigate whether job autonomy is associated with employees' sickness absence. We can make use of the … inverse relation between employees' job autonomy and days of sickness absence. This relation is only weakly mediated by job … satisfaction and particularly relevant for more senior employees. …

which conditions remote work is advantageous for employees. Work-life imbalance may be induced by job-related causes. A … contrast, the introduction of remote work increases job satisfaction, although only temporarily. When we compare employees …

strategy that benefits both, the self-employed and paid employees. …

Researchers and human resource practitioners are nearly unanimous that satisfied and committed employees can play a … addresses these topics using an extensive sample of employees from a large number of countries. For this purpose, we use a semi … assumption in that model. The main results indicate that not all determinants of employees' satisfaction can be fostered by …

Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, a nationally representative household panel survey covering a country with a high … that, among males, both casual employees and labour-hire workers (but not fixed-term contract workers) report noticeably … effects. Negative effects for women are mainly restricted to labour-hire workers. We also show that the relationships between …