This study investigates whether or not time use during a parental leave has an independent explanatory power in the subsequent decision to return to employment. In studies of the exit from maternity leave it has been found that it is the mother’s education, age and type of employment contract...

It is a well-documented empirical regularity that it is more satisfying to be self-employed than to work as an employee for an organization. A large part of this difference in job satisfaction is in the literature attributed to the strong perception of independence by the self-employed. In this...

Keskustelunaloitteessa tarkastellaan työn vastaanottamisen kannattavuutta tilanteessa, jossa vapaa-aikaan sisältyvän kotityöhön käytettävän ajan väheneminen otetaan huomioon työllistymispäätöstä tehtäessä. Laskelmissa verrataan nettotulojen ja laskennallisen kotityön arvon...