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Bestimmungsgründe von Fehlzeiten: Welche Rolle spielt die Arbeitslosigkeit?
Thalmaier, Anja - 1999
Das Ziel der vorliegenden Untersuchung besteht darin, die wesentlichen Determinanten für das Auftreten von Fehlzeiten … Fehlzeiten hin. So werden im Vergleich zum Verarbeitenden Gewerbe für den Dienstleistungssektor wesentlich niedrigere Fehlzeiten … geschätzt werden, bestätigen insbesondere die zentrale Bedeutung der Arbeitslosigkeit für die Höhe der Fehlzeiten. Weiterhin …
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Bestimmungsgründe von Fehlzeiten: Welche Rolle spielt die Arbeitslosigkeit?
Thalmaier, Anja - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999
Das Ziel der vorliegenden Untersuchung besteht darin, die wesentlichen Determinanten für das Auftreten von Fehlzeiten … Fehlzeiten hin. So werden im Vergleich zum Verarbeitenden Gewerbe für den Dienstleistungssektor wesentlich niedrigere Fehlzeiten … geschätzt werden, bestätigen insbesondere die zentrale Bedeutung der Arbeitslosigkeit für die Höhe der Fehlzeiten. Weiterhin …
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Mandatory Volunteer Work as Fair Reciprocity for Unemployment and Social Benefits?
Veldboer, Lex; Kleinhans, Reinout; van Ham, Maarten - 2015
Modern welfare policies are increasingly based on notions of reciprocity. Citizens on welfare benefits have to do something in return, e.g. volunteer work. Notwithstanding general public support, social philosophers have been critical on 'mandatory' activities in community programmes. So far,...
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Where Are the Returns to Lifelong Learning?
Coelli, Michael; Tabasso, Domenico - 2015
We investigate the labour market determinants and outcomes of adult participation in formal education (lifelong learning) in Australia, a country with high levels of adult education. Employing longitudinal data and fixed effects methods allows identification of effects on outcomes free of...
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Works Councils, Training and Employee Satisfaction
Bellmann, Lutz; Hübler, Olaf; Leber, Ute - 2018
This paper investigates the role of works councils in job satisfaction. Using the recently developed Linked Personnel Panel, we consider both the direct and indirect impact via further training. Basic estimates on an individual level do not reveal clearly direct effects, but on an establishment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931836
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The Effects of Overeducation on Productivity in Germany - The Firms' Viewpoint
Büchel, Felix - 2000
Several firm-related aspects of employee productivity are analyzed using GSOEP data. The basic premise is that, as a consequence of frustration, overeducated employees are less productive than their correctly allocated colleagues. However, the results obtained in the present study contradict the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262423
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Returning to work from injury: longitudinal evidence on employment and earnings
Crichton, Sarah; Stillman, Steven; Hyslop, Dean - 2005
New Zealand has a unique accident insurance system that pays the direct costs of all accidental injuries and compensates workers 80% of their earnings for any time post-injury that they are unable to work. Statistics New Zealand's Linked Employer-Employee Database contains monthly information on...
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The effect of health on income: Quasi-experimental evidence from commuting accidents
Halla, Martin; Zweimüller, Martina - 2011
This paper interprets accidents occurring on the way to and from work as negative health shocks to identify the causal effect of health on labor market outcomes. We argue that in our sample of exactly matched treated and control workers, these health shocks are quasi-randomly assigned. A...
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Speeding Up on the Learning Curve: The Evaluation of Telework Following a Surge in Telework Experience
Moens, Eline; Lippens, Louis; D'hert, Liam; Baert, Stijn - 2024
This letter adds to the literature on the importance of telework experience in employee evaluation by leveraging the telework experience accumulated during the COVID-19 crisis. We conducted a follow-up survey on the evaluation of telework exactly three years after our initial data collection in...
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Overeducation, Overskilling and Job Satisfaction in Europe: The Moderating Role of Employment Contracts
Giuliano, Romina; Mahy, Benoît; Rycx, François; … - 2024
This paper is the first to examine whether and how overeducation and overskilling, considered separately and in interaction, influence workers' job satisfaction at European level. It also investigates the moderating role of employment contracts. Our results, based on a unique pan-European...
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