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Women between part-time and full-time work : the influence of changing hours of work on happiness and life-satisfaction
Gash, Vanessa; Mertens, Antje; Romeu Gordo, Laura - 2010
This paper asks whether part-time work makes women happy. Previous research on labour supply has assumed that as workers freely choose their optimal working hours on the basis of their innate preferences and the hourly wage rate, outcome reflects preference. This paper tests this assumption by...
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Bestimmungsgründe von Fehlzeiten : welche Rolle spielt die Arbeitslosigkeit?
Thalmaier, Anja - 1999
Das Ziel der vorliegenden Untersuchung besteht darin, die wesentlichen Determinanten für das Auftreten von Fehlzeiten zu analysieren. In einem ersten Schritt werden die institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen der Entgeltfortzahlung und ihre historische Entwicklung aufgezeigt. Die Analyse...
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Is a temporary job better than unemployment? : a cross-country comparison based on Britsh, German, and Swiss panel data
Gebel, Michael - 2013
with a permanent contract, this study compares temporary work to the alternative of unemployment. Specifically, this paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009713164
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Do fixed-term contracts increase the long-term employment opportunities of the unemployed?
Hagen, Tobias - 2003
employment and unemployment. The empirical analysis is based on propensity score matching methods, obtaining the effects of FTCs … by comparing the future situation of ("treated") unemployed entering into FTCs after a particular unemployment duration … persons entering into FTCs after a certain number of month of unemployment are reasonable. A first counterfactual is never to …
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Strategic hiring behavior in empirical matching functions
Fahr, René; Sunde, Uwe - 2001
This paper makes two contributions to the empirical matching literature. First, a recent study by Anderson and Burgess (2000) testing for endogenous competition among job seekers in a matching framework, is replicated with a richer and more accurate data set for Germany. Their results are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402624
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Does temporary agency work provide a stepping stone to regular employment?
Kvasnicka, Michael (contributor) - 2005
being either in regular employment or registered unemployment. Our findings therefore do not lend support to the stepping …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003148187
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Gig Work as Income Insurance during Unemployment : Evidence from Germany
Kecht, Valentin; Marcolin, Giacomo - 2022
paper shows that gig work can buffer income losses arising from unemployment shocks. Matching a large sample of … take up gig work and less likely to receive unemployment benefits (UB) when a gig delivery platform is available to them … unemployment insurance with income from gig work …
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Job Search with Nonparticipation
Frijters, Paul; van der Klaauw, Bas - 2021
reservation wages to decrease. The rate at which job offers arrive is constant over the unemployment duration. These findings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320755
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Is a Temporary Job Better than Unemployment? A Cross-Country Comparison Based on British, German, and Swiss Panel Data
Gebel, Michael - 2013
with a permanent contract, this study compares temporary work to the alternative of unemployment. Specifically, this paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014160236
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Infrastructure and Regional Growth in the East Germany : The Case of Brandenburg (InfrastrukturföRderung Und Regionales Wachstum Im Land Brandenburg)
Lucke, Bernd - 2005
A standard Solow model is augmented to allow for subsidies of infrastructure investment. The model is applied to districts of the East German state Brandenburg. Earlier scientific criticism of a subsidy policy in favor of the remote, underdeveloped regions in Brandenburg is refuted both on...
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