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Early retirement and use of time by older Finns
Huovinen, Pasi; Piekkola, Hannu - 2002
-monetary activities. Finnish early retirement years are, in many ways, associated with nonpassivity. Those who are prone to active leisure … leisure time as an important determinant of retirement in the first stage estimations, we found interesting characteristics on … leisure time by using the extension of Bordieu’s division of human capital and social classes. The four main categories to …
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Are indivduals who are active and doing household work prone to retire earlier: Evidence from the use survey of older Finns
Piekkola, Hannu - 2006
as household work and active leisure make retirement more attractive. Even though males do around one hour less household … unrelated to pecuniary incentives important, while find less support for mutual leisure to influence the retirement path. …
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Demographic aspects of ageing and time use in a set of European countries
Piekkola, Hannu - 2004
This study examines demographic aspects of ageing in ten European countries (Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Poland, Switzerland, United Kingdom) and time use in seven countries (Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, United Kingdom). In the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285209
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Time use and options for retirement in Europe
Piekkola, Hannu; Harmoinen, Liisa - 2003
; Leisure ; Household work ; Option Value …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285243
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Job satisfaction in Finland: Some results from the European Community household panel 1996 - 2001
Johansson, Edvard - 2004
In this paper we investigate several determinants of job satisfaction using the Finnish part of the European Community Household Panel. In general, Finnish research on job satisfaction using economics methodology is very scarce. Therefore, the paper starts by investigating several “classic”...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284913
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What makes an entrepreneurship independent? Evidence from time use survey
Hyytinen, Ari; Ruuskanen, Olli-Pekka - 2006
in time use, the self-employed have less pure leisure and are less frequently absent from work in general and because of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285141
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Performance-related: Pay and gender wage differences
Kangasniemi, Mari; Kauhanen, Antti - 2011
We study the impact of performance-related pay (PRP) on gender wage differences using Finnish linked employer-employee panel data. Controlling for unobserved person and firm effects, we find that bonuses increase women's earnings slightly less than men's, but the economic significance of the...
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Intangibles and the gender wage gap: An analysis of gender wage gaps across occupations in the Finnish private sector
Asplund, Rita; Napari, Sami - 2011
The paper compares the gender wage differentials of two occupation groups - innovation and non-innovation workers - separately for manufacturing and services using Finnish private-sector data. We apply a decomposition method based on unconditional quantile regression techniques to identify key...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326895
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Intangible capital and wages: An analysis of wage gaps across occupations and genders in Czech Republic, Finland and Norway
Asplund, Rita; Napari, Sami - 2011
This paper compares the effects of intangible capital on wage formation among white-collar manufacturing workers using comparative data from three European countries: the Czech Republic, Finland and Norway. The analysis is undertaken in two steps. First, we explore the wage differentials and the...
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Occupational segregation during the 1980s and 1990s: The case of Finnish manufacturing
Napari, Sami - 2005
This descriptive paper investigates occupational segregation by gender during the 1980s and 1990s among white-collar workers in the Finnish manufacturing. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between education and segregation. Also the question how segregation evolves with work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285228