Die von AMS Österreich (Abt. Arbeitsmarktforschung und Berufsinformation), der Caritas Österreich, dem Institut Analyse, Beratung und interdisziplinäre Forschung (abif) sowie dem Zentrum für Soziale Innovationen - ZSI (im Rahmen der"Dynamischen Qualitätssicherung" des BMWF) veranstalteten...

Do elderly workers retire early voluntarily, or are they induced (or even forced) by their employees? To establish the relevance of the labor demand component in retirement decisions, we consider a trade liberalization between Switzerland and the EU - the Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA). A...

Using linked employer-employee data for Finland we examine associations between job design and ten measures of worker wellbeing. In accordance with Karasek's (1979) model we find positive correlations between many aspects of worker wellbeing and job control. However, contrary to the model, job...