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Beschäftigung Älterer in Deutschland: der unvollständige Paradigmenwechsel
Eichhorst, Werner - 2006
Despite a sequence of labor market reforms in recent years, employment of older workers in Germany is still lower than … market policy and social benefits. It can be shown that the institutional framework currently in place in Germany is …
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The transition from work to retirement
Eichhorst, Werner - 2011
The European Employment Strategy has set the goal of raising the retirement age of workers in the EU through a strategy of active ageing. Yet despite some progress over the last decade, empirical data show persistent diversity across EU member states. Institutional arrangements of social and...
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Understanding the labour market for older workers: a survey
Heywood, John S.; Siebert, William Stanley - 2009
The paper asks why retirement can be so abrupt in countries such as France (1/2% of the workforce over 65), yet staged in Japan (8% over 65). We find part of the answer in tax laws that prevent people working and receiving a pension, and make little allowance for fair pension increases if...
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Long shadows of history: Persecution in Central Europe and its labor market consequences
Myck, Michal; Bohacek, Radim - 2011
We analyze the extent and effects of job-related persecution under communist regimes in the Czech Republic and Poland using a representative sample of individuals aged 50+ from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. Retrospective information collected in the SHARELIFE interview...
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The Changing Distribution of Job Satisfaction
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 1999
rose relative to that of workers in lower quantiles. An identical phenomenon is observed among men in West Germany in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262273
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The Impact of Wage Increases on Job Satisfaction: Empirical Evidence and Theoretical Implications
Grund, Christian; Sliwka, Dirk - 2001
The impact of wage increases on job satisfaction are explored. First, it is empirically established that current job satisfaction rises with absolute wage level as well as with wage increases. Second, a basic job satisfaction function is constructed based on the empirical results, and...
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Works councils, wages, and job satisfaction
Grund, Christian; Schmitt, Andreas - 2011
We investigate the effects of works councils on employees' wages and job satisfaction in general and for subgroups with respect to sex and occupational status. Making use of a German representative sample of employees, we find that employees, who move to a firm with a works council, report...
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Are self-employed really happier than employees? An approach modelling adaptation and anticipation effects to self-employment and general job changes
Hanglberger, Dominik; Merz, Joachim - 2011
Empirical analyses using cross-sectional and panel data found significantly higher levels of job satisfaction for self-employed than for employees. We argue that those estimates in previous studies might be biased by neglecting anticipation and adaptation effects. For testing we specify several...
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Monetary reference points of managers: An empirical investigation of status quo preferences and social comparisons
Grund, Christian; Martin, Johannes - 2012
We assemble two reference point based concepts of utility in our empirical study: the own previous status quo and social comparisons. We explore the relative relevance of these concepts for total compensation as well as for different parts of the compensation package of managers. Making use of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291337
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Labor Supply and Productivity Responses to Non-Salary Benefits: Do They Work? If So, at What Level Do They Work Best?
Spencer, Marilyn; Gevrek, Deniz; Chambers, Valrie; … - 2015
This study explores the impact of a particular low marginal-cost employee benefit on employees' intended retention and … the United States, we study the impact of this employee benefit on faculty and staff performance and retention. We focus … results provide evidence that for institutions where employee retention and productivity are a priority, maximizing or …
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