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Under pressure? : assessing the roles of skills and other personal resources for work-life strains
Blunch, Niels-Hugo; Ribar, David C.; Western, Mark - 2018
Many working parents struggle to balance the demands of their jobs and family roles. Although we might expect that additional resources would ease work-family constraints, theory and evidence regarding resources have been equivocal. This study uses data on working mothers and fathers - as well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012163061
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Under pressure? : assessing the roles of skills and other personal resources for work-life strains
Blunch, Niels-Hugo; Ribar, David C.; Western, Mark - 2018
Many working parents struggle to balance the demands of their jobs and family roles. Although we might expect that additional resources would ease work-family constraints, theory and evidence regarding resources have been equivocal. This study uses data on working mothers and fathers - as well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011959784
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Decent work and the quality of work and employment
Green, Francis - 2021
This review examines the concept of the quality of work and employment (QWE), including both 'Decent Work' and the narrower concept of 'job quality'. The key axiom is that 'quality' relates to the extent and manner in which working conditions meet people's needs from work. The review emphasises...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012500927
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Effects of Education on Job Quality in Colombia
Mora, Jhon James; Paola Ulloa, Maria - 2011
This paper analyzes the quality of jobs in Colombia in 2009. The results shows progress with the quality of jobs in Colombia, but the level is not enough to secure employment of quality. We also, test endogeneity of education and propose a way to correct endogeneity and obtain consistent and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014185665
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Do Legal Immigrants and Natives Compete in the Labour Market? Evidence from Catalonia
Diaz-Serrano, Luis - 2010
The precondition for labour-market competition between immigrants and natives is that both are willing to accept jobs that do not differ in quality. To test this hypothesis, in this paper we compare the working conditions between immigrants and natives in Catalonia. Comparing immigrants' working...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013148341
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Language skills and employment rate of refugees in Germany improving with time
Brücker, Herbert; Croisier, Johannes; Kosyakova, Yuliya; … - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 9 (2019) 4/6, pp. 49-61
Asylum seekers migrating to Germany remains a hotly debated topic. The second wave of a longitudinal survey of refugees shows that their integration has progressed significantly, even though some refugees came to Germany in poor health and with little formal education. Compared to the previous...
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Peer effects in language training for migrants
Sprietsma, Maresa; Pfeil, Lisa - 2015
unique survey data of migrants participating in an intensive language course in Germany, we find that the age and skill …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010527127
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The economics of language : an introduction and overview
Chiswick, Barry R. (contributor) - 2008
This paper provides an introduction and overview of my research on the Economics of Language. The approach is that language skills among immigrants and native-born linguistic minorities are a form of human capital. There are costs and benefits associated with this characteristic embodied in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003729415
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Wage and employment effects of immigration to Germany : evidence from a skill group approach
Bonin, Holger (contributor) - 2005
register data for the period 1975-97 do not confirm the hypothesis that penetration of migrants into skill cells has a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003300726
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Qualification structure, over- and underqualification of the foreign born in Austria and the EU
Huber, Peter; Nowotny, Klaus; Bock-Schappelwein, Julia - 2010
This project focuses on comparing the qualification structure of migrants residing in Austria as well as their over … slightly in the last years. Austria is, however, characterised by a high share of medium skilled migrants and a low share of … highly skilled migrants. In addition among the pool of migrants in the EU from a given country, Austria generally selects the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392340