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Works councils, training and employee satisfaction
Bellmann, Lutz; Hübler, Olaf; Leber, Ute - 2019
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...
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Children, happiness and taxation
Becchetti, Leonardo; Giachin Ricca, Elena; Pelloni, … - 2009
Empirical analyses on the determinants of life satisfaction often include the impact of the number of children variable among controls without fully discriminating between its two (socio-relational and pecuniary) components. In our empirical analysis on the German Socioeconomic Panel we show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011636016
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Using the life satisfaction approach to value daylight savings time transitions : evidence from Britain and Germany
Kuehnle, Daniel; Wunder, Christoph - 2015
examination of the welfare effects of the spring and autumn transitions for the UK and Germany. Using individual-level data and a … individuals in both the UK and Germany experience deteriorations in life satisfaction in the first week after the spring …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010497055
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How have employment transitions for older workers in Germany and the UK changed?
Wright, David - 2015
improvement "compared to many nations". A comparison of European, Labour Force Surveys show that Germany has reversed early … the UK would react faster than conservative ones like Germany. A review of changes to pensions and employment policies … suggests the UK puts more emphasis on recruitment of older workers, flexible working and gradual retirement while Germany puts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011305297
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Understanding differences in labour market attachment of single mothers in Great Britain and West Germany
Zagel, Hannah - 2015
differences in their labour market attachment in Great Britain and West Germany. Employment of single mothers is a key issue in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011296139
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Like father, like son? : a comparison of absolute and relative intergenerational labour income mobility in Germany and the US
Stockhausen, Maximilian - 2019
analysing the trends in absolute and relative intergenerational labour income mobility for Germany and the US. High quality … panel data is used for this purpose; the SOEP for Germany and the PSID for the US. In Germany, 67 per cent of sons born … 48 per cent in the 1971-75 birth cohort, while it almost did not change in Germany. Overall, absolute but also relative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012231945
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Like father, like son? : a comparison of absolute and relative intergenerational labour income mobility in Germany and the US
Stockhausen, Maximilian - 2018
analysing the trends in absolute and relative intergenerational labour income mobility for Germany and the US. High quality … panel data is used for this purpose; the SOEP for Germany and the PSID for the US. In Germany, 67 per cent of sons born … 48 per cent in the 1971-75 birth cohort, while it almost did not change in Germany. Overall, absolute but also relative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011919636
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Do more of those in misery suffer from poverty, unemployment or mental illness?
Fleche, Sarah; Layard, Peter R. G. - 2015
, Britain and Germany to broaden the analysis. We ask first how many of those in the lowest levels of life-satisfaction suffer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011312724
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Happiness : before and after the kids
Myrskylä, Mikko; Margolis, Rachel - 2014
and Germany and suggest that up to two, children increase happiness, and mostly among those who postpone childbearing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336517
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Long-distance moves and labour market outcomes of dual-earner couples in the UK and Germany
Lersch, Philipp M. - 2012
and account for the nonindependence of both careers. Second, I compare evidence from the United Kingdom (UK) and Germany …-earner couples are temporarily adversely affected in their careers by long-distance moves in the UK and West Germany after … controlling for various characteristics of both partners. Women in East Germany are not affected by long-distance moves. Moves do …
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