) and constructs three classes of indicators that capture the quality of leisure ('pure leisure', 'co-present leisure' and … 'leisure fragmentation') to show that the relative growth in leisure time enjoyed by less-educated individuals documented in … previous studies has been accompanied by a relative decrease in the quality of that leisure time. These results are not driven …

) and constructs three classes of indicators that capture the quality of leisure ('pure leisure', 'co-present leisure' and … 'leisure fragmentation') to show that the relative growth in leisure time enjoyed by less-educated individuals documented in … previous studies has been accompanied by a relative decrease in the quality of that leisure time. These results are not driven …

This note uses a unique dataset for Germany which contains interviewer-rated physical appearance assessments of survey … important in determining income or is there also a role for the second impression? Here we find that while it is the first … impression which matters, the correlation between interviewer-rated attractiveness and income is higher if it is recorded by …

terms of their income. However, interactions between the individual, the childhood family and neighbourhood context and the … was brought up. This study uses a sibling design to disentangle family and neighbourhood effects on income, and synthetic …. It is likely that part of the effects attributed to neighbourhoods, are actually effects of the family in which someone …

other countries. In this paper we study the labour market situation in terms of employment and income for those who have …

We analyze the impact of fiscal decentralization on U.S. county population, employment, and real income growth. Our … population and employment growth, but no significant impact on nonmetropolitan counties. In contrast, the fragmentation of … general-purpose governments per capita has a negative impact on employment and population growth in nonmetropolitan counties …

answer the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to (i) employment generation and dynamics, (ii) innovation … very important but specific function in the economy. They engender relatively much employment creation, productivity growth … studies show that entrepreneurial firms produce important spillovers that affect regional employment growth rates of all …

welfare/non-participation. Our main finding is that after longer periods of employment with high income, individuals …Using longitudinal income-tax registers, we study how past labour market outcomes affect current labour market … flexible multi-state Mixed Proportional Hazard specifications for transition rates between employment, unemployment, and …

persistent effect on subsequent employment and income. After initial periods with a higher incidence of sick leave, treated … treated workers, who manage to stay in employment, incur persistent income losses. The effects are stronger for sub-groups of …