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Do immigrants squeeze natives out of bad schedules? Evidence from Italy
Giuntella, Osea - In: IZA Journal of Migration 1 (2012) 1, pp. 1-21
J15, J81, J61 </AbstractSection> Copyright Giuntella; licensee Springer. 2012
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Balancing Work and Family: A Panel Analysis of the Impact of Part-Time Work on the Experience of Time Pressure
Laurijssen, Ilse; Glorieux, Ignace - In: Social Indicators Research 112 (2013) 1, pp. 1-17
In this article we consider the consequences of work-family reconciliation, in terms of the extent to which the adjustment of the labour market career to family demands (by women) contributes to a better work-life balance. Using the Flemish SONAR-data, we analyse how changes in work and family...
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Employed and Happy despite Weak Health? Labour Market Participation and Job Quality of Older Workers with Disabilities
Pollak, Catherine - Institut de Recherche et de Documentation en Économie … - 2012
European countries with high senior employment rates have the highest levels of job satisfaction despite an older and …
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Terms and Conditions of Self-Employment: A Gender Perspective
Mångs, Andreas - Centrum för arbetsmarknadspolitisk forkskning (CAFO), … - 2012
2009. The survey’s primary purpose was to provide information about the terms and conditions in self-employment relative to … wage-employment and about the reasons for taking up self-employment. In addition, the survey included questions related to … household characteristics at the time of first entry into self-employment. The results show that, with regard to working time …
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Exploring the sources and benefits of cooperation: The role and challenges of relational and moral goods
Lopes, Helena; Calapez, Teresa - In: International Journal of Social Economics 38 (2011) July, pp. 607-627
Purpose – Attempts by mainstream economics to account for cooperative behavior expand the utility-maximizing framework without questioning the individualistic set-up on which it is grounded. This paper aims to develop a theory of cooperation that departs from the individualistic framework....
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Contractual conditions, working conditions and their impact on health and well-being
Robone, Silvana; Jones, Andrew; Rice, Nigel - In: The European Journal of Health Economics 12 (2011) 5, pp. 429-444
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Examining workplace deviance in public sector organizations of Pakistan
Nasir, Misbah; Bashir, Ambreen - In: International Journal of Social Economics 39 (2012) March, pp. 240-253
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to pin point the root causes for the deviant workplace behaviour in the government sector of Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach – Data collection for the research was carried out by interviewing and distributing questionnaires to 100 employees...
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Employee Perceptions of Working Conditions and the Desire for Worker Representation in Britain and the US
Bryson, Alex; Freeman, Richard - In: Journal of Labor Research 34 (2013) 1, pp. 1-29
This paper explores the link between employee perceptions of working conditions and the desire for worker representation in Britain and the US. We find that the distribution of employee perceptions of poor working conditions is similar in Britain and the US; similar factors affect the number of...
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The impact of working conditions on sickness absence: a theoretical model and an empirical application to work schedules
Afsa, Cédric; Givord, Pauline - In: Empirical Economics 46 (2014) 1, pp. 285-305
This paper explores how poor working conditions impact sickness absence through their effect on health. Our contribution is two-fold. First, we develop a static theoretical model based on the concept of health capital, wherein poor working conditions are partially compensated by higher wages....
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