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satisfaction; job satisfaction; and life satisfaction. We account for interdependence within the family using data on partnered men … and women from the British Household Panel Survey. We find that men have the highest hours-of-work satisfaction if they … work full-time without overtime hours but neither their job satisfaction nor their life satisfaction are affected by how …
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employment protection to workers with children younger than 6 who had asked for a shorter workweek due to family responsibilities …
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I study possible determinants of part-time employment among women in France and Germany using microdata of the Labour Force Survey. Voluntary part-time work is substantially more widespread among women in Germany than it is in France. Estimation results show that while the presence of children...
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to investigate the interplay of work identity and hours of work in determining subjective wellbeing (job satisfaction …, job-related anxiety and depression, and life satisfaction). We find that for a given level of hours, having a stronger … depression rather than reported satisfaction. The relationships between hours and wellbeing are generally strengthened when …
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Part-time work among British women is extensive, and the (raw) pay penalty large. Since part-time work features most prominently when women are in their 30s, the peak childcare years and a crucial period for career building, its impact on subsequent earnings trajectories is important from a...
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In this paper we show that motherhood triggers changes in the allocation of talent in the labor market besides the well-known effects on gender gaps in employment and earnings. We use an event study approach with retrospective data for 29 countries drawn from SHARE to assess the labor market...
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Two particular features of the position of women in the British labour market are the extensive role of part-time work and the large part-time pay penalty. Part-time work features most prominently when women are in their 30s, the peak childcare years and, particularly for more educated women, a...
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