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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
job increases the employment chances during the subsequent five years in (West and East) Germany and the UK. Moreover, the … years of the career. Advantages of taking up a temporary job are slightly stronger in West Germany compared to East Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009713164
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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
job increases the employment chances during the subsequent five years in (West and East) Germany and the UK. Moreover, the … years of the career. Advantages of taking up a temporary job are slightly stronger in West Germany compared to East Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014160236
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Job attitudes, behaviours and well-being among different types of temporary workers in Europe and Israel
Gracia, Francisco J.; Ramos, José; Peiró, José María; … - In: International labour review 150 (2011) 3/4, pp. 235-254
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009515600
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Temporary Contracts and Employee Effort
Engellandt, Axel; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2021
Temporary contracts provide employers with a tool to screen potential new employees and have been shown to provide "stepping stones" into permanent employment for workers. For both reasons workers on temporary contracts have an incentive to provide more effort than permanent employees. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319929
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Do Temporary Contracts Increase Work Accidents? A Microeconometric Comparison between Italy and Spain
Hernanz, Virginia; Toharia, Luis - 2004
This paper analyzes the effect of contract type on the rate of work-related accidents in Italy and Spain, using the 1999 LFS ad hoc module. This database provides, for the first time, the possibility of analyzing not only work accidents by contract type; it also allows us to relate these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014072780
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Employment, late-life work, retirement, and well-being in Europe and the United States
Nikolova, Milena; Graham, Carol - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 3 (2014) 5, pp. 1-30
Flexible work arrangements and retirement options provide one solution for the challenges of unemployment and underemployment, aging populations, and unsustainable public pension systems in welfare states around the world. We examine the relationships between well-being and job satisfaction on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010251177
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Can the changing nature of jobs account for national trends in job satisfaction?
Green, Francis; Tsitsianis, Nicholas - 2004
by changes in the quality of jobs. There were falls in job satisfaction in both Britain and Germany. Elsewhere job … satisfaction, in order to attempt to account statistically for trends in job satisfaction in Britain and in Germany. We find that … in job satisfaction in either country. In Germany there was a modest fall in the proportion of people working the number …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290649
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Can the changing nature of jobs account for national trends in job satisfaction?
Green, Francis (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
by changes in the quality of jobs. There were falls in job satisfaction in both Britain and Germany. Elsewhere job … satisfaction, in order to attempt to account statistically for trends in job satisfaction in Britain and in Germany. We find that … in job satisfaction in either country. In Germany there was a modest fall in the proportion of people working the number …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002090324
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The (Unexpected) Structure of ?Rents? on the French and British Labour Markets
Clark, Andrew E.; Senik, Claudia - 2004
This paper considers the allocation of labour on the French and British markets, using objective wage and subjective satisfaction data. We show that, in some sectors, workers enjoy both higher wages and higher job satisfaction. We argue that this reflects labour market wage rents. Perhaps...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262172
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The (Unexpected) Structure of 'Rents' on the French and British Labour Markets
Clark, Andrew; Senik, Claudia - 2021
This paper considers the allocation of labour on the French and British markets, using objective wage and subjective satisfaction data. We show that, in some sectors, workers enjoy both higher wages and higher job satisfaction. We argue that this reflects labour market wage rents. Perhaps...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318817