We disaggregate the self-employed into incorporated and unincorporated to distinguish between "entrepreneurs" and other business owners. We show that the incorporated self-employed and their businesses engage in activities that demand comparatively strong nonroutine cognitive abilities, while...

Warum lohnt sich gesundheitsfoerderliche Mitarbeiterfuehrung aus betrieblicher Sicht? Welche Rolle erfuellen die Fuehrungskraefte im mittleren und unteren Management in der Betrieblichen Gesundheitsfoerderung (BGF)? Wie sieht die Gestaltungspraxis von BGF-Massnahmen fuer Fuehrungskraefte aus?...

Aufgrund der demografischen Entwicklung, der steigenden Wettbewerbsanforderungen und wachsenden Kundenanspruechen wird eine hohe emotionale Mitarbeiterbindung in den kommenden Jahren fuer die Sparkassen als regionale Finanzdienstleister zum erfolgskritischen Faktor werden. Daher ist es...

Stať se zabývá profesními cíli budoucích absolventů Slezské univerzity, Obchodně podnikatelské fakulty v Karviné jako nástrojem rozvoje zaměstnatelnosti vysokoškoláků. Cílem stati je zjistit, jak konceptualizovat profesní cíle a doporučit aplikaci konceptualizace profesních...

In 2010 un European Union was started Europe 2020 strategy. Aims of this strategy are concentrated on smart, sustainable growth associated with social inclusion. This three areas includes 7 flagship initiatives. In area of smart growth very important is Youth on the move. Mobility of young...

The social economy is an innovative model of economic and social development; its tools support the inclusion of socially disadvantaged people while they simultaneously create jobs. Social entrepreneurship is a new area of business activity, which favours social objectives before profit. In the...

This paper empirically examines how imperfect information about wage offers and reservation wages among employees and employers respectively impacts on the wages of Canadian born and immigrant workers. We estimate these effects from 2006 census data using a two-tier stochastic wage frontier. Our...

This paper studies the effect of parenthood timing on future wages. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), we employ an instrumental variable approach to identify the causal effect of delaying parenthood on wages of mothers and fathers. Consistent with previous studies, we...

This paper models and estimates the impact of quantitative and qualitative training financed by the firm on labour demand in Belgium. It assumes profit maximising firms producing under short run monopolistic competition conditions, where training can increase labour demand through its positive...

In this paper, training, which is seen as a way to reduce the mismatch between workers and jobs, takes place on the job. We show that a general rise in unemployment lowers the probability of on-the-job training by reducing the mismatch. We then close the model by assuming free-entry and study...