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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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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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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...

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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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Continuous training, job satisfaction and gender : an empirical analysis using German panel data

Burgard, Claudia; Görlitz, Katja - 2011

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), this paper analyzes the relationship between training and job satisfaction focusing in particular on gender differences. Controlling for a variety of socio-demographic, job and firm characteristics, we find a difference between males and...

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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 …

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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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Sick of your job? : negative health effects from non-optimal employment

Kleibrink, Jan - 2014

In an empirical study based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, the effect of job quality on individual health is analyzed. Extending previous studies methodologically to estimate unbiased effects of job satisfaction on individual health, it can be shown that low job satisfaction...

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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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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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