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Operating Hours and Working Times : A Survey of Capacity Utilisation and Employment in the European Union

Delsen, Lei; Bosworth, Derek; Gross, Hermann; Muñoz de … - 2007

This book presents findings and results from the recent European Union Company survey of Operating hours, Working times and Employment (EUCOWE) in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom. The EUCOWE-project is the first standardised company survey covering all...

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Dynamic Innovation in Outsourcing : Theories, Cases and Practices

Willcocks, Leslie P. (ed.); Oshri, Ilan (ed.); … - 2018

This book is a guide for achieving innovation through outsourcing. Unpacking the various challenges faced by client … includes collaborative structures and metrics to measure outcomes. Written by leading figures in the area of outsourcing, this … beginning of the outsourcing journey to the successful delivery of transformative innovations …

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A Successful Transformation? : Restructuring of the Czech Automobile Industry

Pavlínek, Petr (contributor) - 2008

This is a brilliant examination of the complex processes of the post-1990 transformation in the Czech automotive industry and its selective integration into the West European system. The post-1990 restructuring of the industry is analyzed in the context of its pre-1990 development and in the...

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Testing the ‘Residential Rootedness' - Hypothesis of Self-Employment for Germany and the UK

Reuschke, Darja - 2012

Based on the notion that entrepreneurship is a ‘local event,' the literature argues that self-employed workers and entrepreneurs are ‘rooted' in place. This paper tests the ‘residential rootedness'-hypothesis of self-employment by examining for Germany and the UK whether the self-employed...

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So Far So Good : Age, Happiness, and Relative Income

Fitzroy, Felix R. - 2012

In a simple 2-period model of relative income under uncertainty, higher comparison income for the younger cohort can signal higher or lower expected lifetime relative income, and hence either increase or decrease well-being. With data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and the British...

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Re-Engaging with Survey Non-Respondents : The BHPS, SOEP and HILDA Survey Experience

Wooden, Mark - 2011

Previous research into the correlates and determinants of non-response in longitudinal surveys has focused exclusively on why it is that respondents at one survey wave choose not to participate at future waves. This is very understandable if non-response is always an absorbing state, but in many...

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Long-Distance Moves and Labour Market Outcomes of Dual-Earner Couples in the UK and Germany

Lersch, Philipp M. - 2012

Chances are high that partners in dual-earner couples do not receive equal occupational returns from long-distance moves, because job opportunities are distributed heterogeneously in space. Which partners are more likely to receive relatively higher returns after moves? Recent research shows the...

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Life Satisfaction, Household Income and Personality Theory

Proto, Eugenio - 2012

We show that personality traits mediate the effect of income on Life Satisfaction. The effect is strong in the case of Neuroticism, which measures the sensitivity to threat and punishment, in both the British Household Panel Survey and the German Socioeconomic Panel. Neuroticism increases the...

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Early Retirement and Inequality in Britain and Germany : How Important is Health?

Roberts, Jennifer - 2009

Both health and income inequalities have been shown to be much greater in Britain than in Germany. One of the main reasons seems to be the difference in the relative position of the retired, who, in Britain, are much more concentrated in the lower income groups. Inequality analysis reveals that...

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Older or Wealthier? The Impact of Age Adjustments on the Wealth Inequality Ranking of Countries

Almås, Ingvild - 2009

Differences in individual wealth holdings are widely viewed as a driving force of economic inequality. However, as this finding relies on cross-section data, we may confuse older with wealthier. We propose a new method to adjust for age effects in cross-sections, which eliminates transitory...

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