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We combine status quo and social comparison considerations and investigate whether relative wage increases in the sense of differences between individual wage increases and wage increases of comparable employees are related to managers' job satisfaction. Using a panel data set of managers in the...
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this paper we assess its effect on workers' hourly wages and their level of job satisfaction with primary survey data from … selection bias. Our findings show that both hourly wages and job satisfaction are indeed higher on Fairtrade certified … plantations. Factors of increased job satisfaction are likely driven by higher wages, permanent employment contracts, training …
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One reason to be concerned about income inequality is the idea that people not only care about their own absolute income, but also their income relative to various reference groups (e.g. co-workers, friends, neighbors, relatives, etc.). We use Canadian linked employer-employee data to estimate...
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A burgeoning literature has examined earnings inequalities associated with a minority sexual orientation, but far less …
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Most prior work on sexual orientation and labour market earnings has relied either on individual-level surveys with … suggests both that couples-based samples overstate the true earnings differences attributable to a minority sexual orientation … and that household specialisation plays an important role in the lesbian earnings advantage. Finally, we discuss how the …
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data on earnings, work effort, and job characteristics. Apart from the well-documented marriage premium, the author finds … no statistically or economically significant independent effect of a gay or lesbian sexual orientation on earnings. There …
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The past decade has been marked by increased awareness concerning employment discrimination against gays and lesbians. Yet, to the author’s knowledge, there has been limited research regarding the response of Canadian labour organizations to the workplace needs of gay and lesbian members....
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Do sexual minorities face barriers when accessing jobs with supervisory and managerial authority? And once on the managerial ladder, do they face glass ceilings that block them from higher-level posts? In this paper we find that gay men and lesbians are significantly more likely to have...
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Gay/bisexual workers tend to earn less than other men. Does this occur because of discrimination or because of selection? In this paper we address this question and collect new information on workplace disclosure to separate out discrimination effects from selection effects. Using a large sample...
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Zu den atypischen Beschaeftigungsverhaeltnissen zaehlen wir im Folgenden (im Sinne einer Nominaldefinition) Teilzeit, geringfuegige Beschaeftigung/Mini- und Midijobs, befristete Beschaeftigung, Leiharbeit, Werkvertraege sowie Solo-Selbststaendigkeit. Die dieses Schwerpunktheftes spiegeln sowohl...
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