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Social Network Sites, Individual Social Capital and Happiness
Arampatzi, Efstratia; Burger, Martijn; Novik, Natallia - 2016
Can online social contacts replace the importance of real-life social connections in our pursuit of happiness? With the growing use of social network sites (SNSs), attention has been increasingly drawn to this topic. Our study empirically examines the effect of SNS use on happiness for different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014124858
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On the Measurement of Success and Satisfaction
van den Brink, René; Steffen, Frank - 2012
The main purpose of the present paper is to disentangle the mix-up of the notions of success and satisfaction which is … relationship and measurement. We show that satisfaction contains success as one component, and that both coincide under the … satisfaction. In the context of the discussion of both notions we also address their relationship to different types of luck. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326272
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I can't get no Satisfaction - Necessity Entrepreneurship and Procedural Utility
Block, Joern; Koellinger, Philipp - 2008
self-reported satisfaction regarding their start-up. Our study identifies a new facet of procedural utility and offers new … entrepreneurs that “cannot get satisfaction” with their start-up—not because their start-up fails to deliver financial returns, but …-financial incentives of entrepreneurs. While financial success is the most important determinant of start-up satisfaction, achievement of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325832
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Simultaneous Search with Heterogeneous Firms and Ex Post Competition
Gautier, Pieter A.; Wolthoff, Ronald P. - 2006
In this paper we study the allocation of workers over high and low productivity firms in a labor market with coordination frictions. Specifically, we consider a search model where workers can apply to high and or low productivity firms. Firms that compete for the same candidate can increase...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325287
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Imperfect Information, Lagged Labor Adjustment and the Great Moderation
Willems, Tim; van Wijnbergen, Sweder - 2009
This paper first documents the increase in the time lag with which labor input reacts to output fluctuations (the labor adjustment lag) that is visible in US data since the mid-1980s. We show that a lagged labor adjustment response is optimal in a setting where there is uncertainty about the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325949
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The persistence and nature of the labor reallocation shock during the COVID-19 crisis
Steijn, Mathieu P. A. - 2024
The COVID-19 crisis may have widely and permanently altered the labor market through the demand for skills. Crises tend to accelerate technological change. Previous recent crises were characterized by an acceleration of automation, which generally led to a decrease in middle-income jobs with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014581195
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Measuring Power and Satisfaction in Societies with Opinion Leaders: An Axiomatization
van den Brink, Rene; Rusinowska, Agnieszka; Steffen, Frank - 2011
choice is made by simple majority of the actions chosen by each member. For this model we axiomatize satisfaction and power …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325928
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Continuous-Time Modelling with Spatial Dependence
Oud, Johan H.L.; Folmer, Henk; Patuelli, Roberto; … - 2011
(Spatial) panel data are routinely modelled in discrete time (DT). However, there are compelling arguments for continuous time (CT) modelling of (spatial) panel data. Particularly, most social processes evolve in CT, so that statistical analysis in DT is an oversimplification, gives an...
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The Value of Human and Social Capital Investments for the Business Performance of Start-ups
Bosma, Niels; van Praag, Mirjam; Thurik, Roy; de Wit, Gerrit - 2002
We investigate the manifold posed question: To what extent does investment in human and social capital, besides the effect of talent, enhance entrepreneurial performance? We distinguish between three different performance measures: survival, profits, and generated employment. On the basis of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324773
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The Compensating Income Variation of Social Capital
Groot, Wim; van den Brink, Henriëtte Maassen; van … - 2007
income generally has a statistically significant effect. We find a significant effect of social capital on?life?satisfaction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325379