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The Timing of Daily Demand for Goods and Services - Microsimulation Policy Results of an Aging Society, Increasing Labour Market Flexibility and Extended Public Childcare in German...
Merz, Joachim; Hanglberger, Dominik; Rucha, Rafael - Forschungsinstitut Freie Berufe, Fakultät … - 2011
Knowledge about the timing of consumption opens new insights into consumption behaviour for consumer, economic, social as well as for communal and societal policies. It not only allows sound information for a better match of timely supply and demand but also about everyday living arrangements....
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Exploring the benefits and use of flexitime: similarities and differences
Haar, Jarrod M. - In: Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management 4 (2007) April, pp. 69-82
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand the benefits of flexitime amongst users and non-users, and determine what flexitime is used for by employees using a gender perspective. Design/methodology/approach – The study consisted of interviews of 30 employees of a New Zealand...
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The Timing of Daily Demand for Goods and Services—Microsimulation Policy Results of an Aging Society, Increasing Labour Market Flexibility, and Extended Public Childcare in Germany...
Merz, Joachim; Hanglberger, Dominik; Rucha, Rafael - In: Journal of Consumer Policy 33 (2010) 2, pp. 119-141
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Workplace flexibility and job satisfaction: some evidence from Europe
Origo, Federica; Pagani, Laura - In: International Journal of Manpower 29 (2008) September, pp. 539-566
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically test whether various flexible work arrangements produce different effects on alternative measures of job satisfaction in Europe. To test the existence of heterogeneity in the impact of flexibility on job satisfaction, the paper verifies...
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Transitional labour markets. Working time group. Transitions through working time flexibility. The Netherlands 1966
Zanders, H.L.G.; Koerhuis, I.G.M. - Tilburg University, Work and Organization Research Centre - 1996
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Transitional labour markets. Transitions through working time flexibility. The Dutch situation
Zanders, H.L.G.; Koerhuis, I.G.M. - Tilburg University, Work and Organization Research Centre - 1996
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011093031
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Towards an integrated socio-economic theory and policy : Institutional conditions of transnational labour markets
Kerstholt, F.T.S.; van Wezel, J.A.M. - Tilburg University, Work and Organization Research Centre - 1996
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An Investigation into the Impact of Income, Culture and Religion on Consumption Behaviour: A Comparative Study of the Malay and the Chinese Consumers in Malaysia
Fatt Sian, Lai - 2009
The study of consumer behaviour has attracted much attention from researchers.Models have been postulated and re-postulated in many attempts to explain thedecision process of consumers as it changes over time and space, as well as indifferent environments such as culture, race and religion. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009440942
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Do the Poor Pay More? An Empirical Investigation
Harnden, Amanda - 2007
Poverty and homelessness are a rising problem in the United States. For the individuals and families that have fallen under such circumstances, it can be very difficult to overcome poverty. This paper shows areas where low-income persons pay more money and how they are additionally...
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Health inequalities over the adult life course: the role of lifestyle choices
Ovrum, Arnstein; Gustavsen, Geir Waehler; Rickertsen, Kyrre - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
females, the income gradients in lifestyles are generally concave in age and slightly decreasing in older age. However, the … role of lifestyles in moderating the relationship between income and self-assessed health appears modest. This result … partly reflects that while the income gradients in lifestyles decrease substantially once we control for education, the …
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