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Why does unemployment hurt the employed? : evidence from the life satisfaction gap between the public and private sectors
Lüchinger, Simon; Meier, Stephan; Stutzer, Alois - 2008 - Version of: March 11, 2008
High rates of unemployment entail substantial costs to the working population in terms of reduced subjective well-being. This paper studies the importance of individual economic security, in particular, job security, in workers' well-being by exploiting sector-specific institutional differences...
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The happiness gains from sorting and matching in the labor market
Lüchinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois; Winkelmann, Rainer - 2007 - This version: February 10, 2007
Sorting of people on the labor market not only assures the most productive use of valuable skills but also generates individual utility gains if people experience an optimal match between job characteristics and their preferences. Based on individual data on subjective well-being it is possible...
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Intrinsic motivations of public sector employees : evidence for Germany
Dur, Robert A. J.; Zoutenbier, Robin - 2013
We examine differences in altruism and laziness between public sector employees and private sector employees. Our theoretical model predicts that the likelihood of public sector employment increases with a worker·s altruism, and increases or decreases with a workers laziness depending on his...
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Effectiveness of social capital in the job search process
Koßmann, Ralf Werner - 2016
The empirical literature has provided ample yet contradictory evidence on the effectiveness of social ties in the job search process in terms of post-hire outcomes, such as wages or job satisfaction. Whereas early research, mainly focussing on the U.S. labour market, found positive correlations...
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The happy artist? : an empirical application of the work-preference model
Steiner, Lasse; Schneider, Lucian - 2012
The artistic labor market is marked by several adversities, such as low wages, above-average unemployment, and constrained underemployment. Nevertheless, it attracts many young people. The number of students exceeds the available jobs by far. A potential explanation for this puzzle is that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009489989
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Self-selection and subjective well-being : copula models with an application to public and private sector work
Lüchinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois; Winkelmann, Rainer - 2008
We discuss a new approach to specifying and estimating ordered probit models with endogenous switching, or with binary endogenous regressor, based on copula functions. These models provide a framework of analysis for self-selection in economic well-being equations, where assigment of regressors...
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Arbeitszufriedenheit und flexible Arbeitszeiten : empirische Analyse mit Daten des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels
Hanglberger, Dominik - 2010
Abgeltungsarten von Überstunden auf die subjektive Arbeitszufriedenheit. Dazu wird zunächst die Verbreitung flexibler … auf die Arbeitszufriedenheit bei Vollzeitbeschäftigten und eine klare Präferenz von bezahlten Überstunden gegenüber allen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008825926
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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
Zahlreiche empirische Analysen kamen zu dem Ergebnis, dass Selbständige ein höheres Niveau an Arbeitszufriedenheit …, spezifizieren wir fixed-effects Regressionsmodelle, die auch Antizipation und Adaption der Arbeitszufriedenheit an Selbständigkeit … berücksichtigt, so reduziert sich der Effekt der Selbständigkeit auf die Arbeitszufriedenheit um 70%. In Modellen, die Antizipation …
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The anticipation and adaptation effects of intra- and interpersonal wage changes on job satisfaction
Diriwächter, Patric; Shvartsman, Elena - 2016 - This version: August 2016
This paper analyses how individual job satisfaction is affected by wage changes. In order to account for potential dynamic effects of wage changes on job satisfaction, we include lead and lag effects of income changes in our analysis. Furthermore, we examine the role of social comparisons, i.e.,...
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Do changes in regulation affect temporary agency workers' job satisfaction?
Busk, Henna; Jahn, Elke J.; Singer, Christine - 2015
This paper evaluates the impact on temporary agency workers' job satisfaction of a reform that considerably relaxed regulations covering the temporary help service sector in Germany. We isolate the causal effect of this reform by combining a difference-in-difference and matching approach and...
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