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Work Lost Due to Illness - an International Comparison
Osterkamp, Rigmar - In: CESifo Forum 03 (2002) 4, pp. 36-40
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Happiness, habits and high rank : comparisons in economic and social life
Clark, Andrew E. - 2012
The role of money in producing sustained subjective well-being seems to be seriously compromised by social comparisons and habituation. But does that necessarily mean that we would be better off doing something else instead? This paper suggests that the phenomena of comparison and habituation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009557657
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Effort and redistribution : better cousins than one might have thought
Buch, Claudia M.; Engel, Christoph - 2012
We use survey and experimental data to explore how effort choices and preferences for redis-tribution are linked. Under … standard preferences, redistribution would reduce effort. This is different with social preferences. Using data from the World … for everybody. -- Effort ; redistribution ; survey data ; simultaneous equation models ; experiment …
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The tradeoff between redistribution and effort : evidence from the field and from the lab
Buch, Claudia M.; Engel, Christoph - 2012
simultaneously determined. Using cross-country panel data from the World Value Survey, we find that it is important to model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009535110
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The tradeoff between redistribution and effort : evidence from the field and from the lab
Buch, Claudia M.; Engel, Christoph - 2012
simultaneously determined. Using cross-country panel data from the World Value Survey, we find that it is important to model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009751314
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Do firms demand temporary workers when they face workload fluctuation? : cross-country firm-level evidence on the conditioning effect of employment protection
Dräger, Vanessa; Marx, Paul - 2012
to employ temporary workers. By studying a novel data set of 18,500 firms from 20 countries, we show that workload …. -- temporary employment ; employment protection ; labour demand ; firm-level data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629715
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Happiness, habits and high rank : comparisons in economic and social life
Clark, Andrew E. - 2011
The role of money in producing sustained subjective well-being seems to be seriously compromised by social comparisons and habituation. But does that necessarily mean that we would be better off doing something else instead? This paper suggests that the phenomena of comparison and habituation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009408713
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International dock work conventions in the era of post-globalization
Angelopoulos, Jason; Chlomoudis, Constantine; … - In: Spoudai : journal of economics and business 64 (2014) 1, pp. 5-15
The part of the port industry that serves international trade flows, competes and satisfies demand with global characteristics. Port services production and supply, within an open market, can only be governed by global regulations, and should be taken into account by those who wish to implement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010469188
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Do Firms Demand Temporary Workers When They Face Workload Fluctuation? Cross-Country Firm-Level Evidence on the Conditioning Effect of Employment Protection
Dräger, Vanessa - 2012
to employ temporary workers. By studying a novel data set of 18,500 firms from 20 countries, we show that workload …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099406
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The Covid-19 Crisis and Telework : A Research Survey on Experiences, Expectations and Hopes
Baert, Stijn - 2020
While a considerable number of employees across the globe are being forced to work from home due to the COVID-19 crisis, it is a guessing game as to how they are experiencing this current surge in telework. Therefore, we examined employee perceptions of telework on various life and career...
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