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Happiness as a guide to labor market policy : happiness is key to a productive economy, and a job is key to individual happiness
Ritzen, Jozef M. M. - 2015
Measures of individual happiness, or well-being, can guide labor market policies. Individual unemployment, as well as … the rate of unemployment in society, have a negative effect on happiness. In contrast, employment protection and … unemployment benefits can contribute to happiness - though when such policies prolong unemployment, the net effect on national …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430773
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Does More Unemployment Cause More Fear of Unemployment?
Gimpelson, Vladimir - 2013
the high level and persistence of fear of unemployment in Russia may be caused by non-economic factors …Using the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey data, the paper examines Russian workers' fear of unemployment under … relevant re-employment in case of displacement. In order to get the best possible measurement of unemployment for those local …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013088824
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Mandatory Volunteer Work as Fair Reciprocity for Unemployment and Social Benefits?
Veldboer, Lex - 2015
Modern welfare policies are increasingly based on notions of reciprocity. Citizens on welfare benefits have to do something in return, e.g. volunteer work. Notwithstanding general public support, social philosophers have been critical on 'mandatory' activities in community programmes. So far,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016383
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Happiness and Work
Krause, Annabelle - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
The relationship between happiness and work is subject to an ever growing empirical literature in economics. The analyses are mostly based on large-scale survey data to measure subjective well-being. Whereas one large strand of research investigates the effect of job loss and becoming...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959638
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Persistence in Entrepreneurship With and Without Personnel : The Role of Human Capital and Previous Unemployment
Millán, José María; Congregado, Emilio; Román, … - 2011
) from unemployment – i.e., the target group for entrepreneurship incentives – strongly increases the probability of … switching back to unemployment. Thus, entrepreneurship and higher education policies should be considered together in order to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014185542
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Does More Unemployment Cause More Fear of Unemployment?
Gimpelson, Vladimir - 2012
the high level and persistence of fear of unemployment in Russia may be caused by non-economic factors …Using the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey data, the paper examines Russian workers' fear of unemployment under … relevant re-employment in case of displacement. In order to get the best possible measurement of unemployment for those local …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013109373
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Persistence in entrepreneurship and its implications for the European entrepreneurial promotion policy
Millán, José María; Congregado, Emilio; Román, … - In: Journal of Policy Modeling 36 (2014) 1, pp. 83-106
also obtain a strong negative effect on survival of entering entrepreneurship from unemployment. Hence, policymakers should …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011051484
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Does More Unemployment Cause More Fear of Unemployment?
Gimpelson, Vladimir; Oshchepkov, Aleksey - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2012
the high level and persistence of fear of unemployment in Russia may be caused by non-economic factors …Using the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey data, the paper examines Russian workers' fear of unemployment under … relevant re-employment in case of displacement. In order to get the best possible measurement of unemployment for those local …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010720445
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The Effect of Health on Income: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Commuting Accidents
Halla, Martin; Zweimüller, Martina - 2011
This paper interprets accidents occurring on the way to and from work as negative health shocks to identify the causal effect of health on labor market outcomes. We argue that in our sample of exactly matched treated and control workers, these health shocks are quasi-randomly assigned. A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294889
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Bestimmungsgründe von Fehlzeiten: Welche Rolle spielt die Arbeitslosigkeit?
Thalmaier, Anja - 1999
Das Ziel der vorliegenden Untersuchung besteht darin, die wesentlichen Determinanten für das Auftreten von Fehlzeiten zu analysieren. In einem ersten Schritt werden die institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen der Entgeltfortzahlung und ihre historische Entwicklung aufgezeigt. Die Analyse...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262287