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Retaining the Thin Blue Line: What shapes workers' willingness not to quit the current work environment?

Gachter, Martin; Savage, David A.; Torgler, Benno - School of Economics and Finance, Business School - 2009

The purpose of this study is to investigate the determinants of police officers' willingness to quit their current department. For this purpose, we work with US survey data that covers a large set of police officers for the Baltimore Police Department in Maryland. Our results indicate that more...

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Do more of those in misery suffer from poverty, unemployment or mental illness?

Fleche, Sarah; Layard, Peter R. G. - 2015

Studies of deprivation usually ignore mental illness. This paper uses household panel data from the USA, Australia …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011308598

Do more of those in misery suffer from poverty, unemployment or mental illness?

Fleche, Sarah; Layard, Peter R. G. - 2015

Studies of deprivation usually ignore mental illness. This paper uses household panel data from the USA, Australia …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011312724

Do More of Those in Misery Suffer from Poverty, Unemployment or Mental Illness?

Fleche, Sarah - 2015

Studies of deprivation usually ignore mental illness. This paper uses household panel data from the USA, Australia …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016269

Do More of Those in Misery Suffer from Poverty, Unemployment or Mental Illness?

Fleche, Sarah - 2015

Studies of deprivation usually ignore mental illness. This paper uses household panel data from the USA, Australia …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016868

Technological diffusion and managing the associated economic transitions in Ireland

Seitani, Haruki; Westmore, Ben - 2020

Technological change is transforming Ireland’s economic structures, leading to new jobs and innovative products that benefit consumers. Adoption of new technologies by businesses has been high relative to many other OECD economies, but it has been uneven across industries and the impact on...

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Social protection and foundational cognitive skills during adolescence : evidence from a large public works programme

Freund, Richard; Favara, Marta; Porter, Catherine; … - 2022

children from families who benefit from PWPs show increased foundational cognitive skills (FCS). We focus on four child FCS … that policy interventions such as PWPs may be able to mitigate the effects of early poverty on cognitive skills formation …

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Artificial intelligence and worker stress: Evidence from Germany

Koch, Michael; Lodefalk, Magnus - 2024

We use individual survey data providing detailed information on stress, technology adoption, and work, worker, and employer characteristics, in combination with recent measures of AI and robot exposure, to investigate how new technologies affect worker stress. We find a persistent negative...

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Survival Skills : Welfare to Work in Los Angeles

Drayse, Mark - 2016

potential entry-level occupations to identify those that provide wages above the poverty level, and require skills that can be … acquired within two years. Skill requirements for these occupations are identified and compared to skills held by the majority … most important skills for securing a promising job include: communications (speaking, writing, listening, etc …

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Effects of extending paid parental leave on children's socio-emotional skills and well-being in adolescence

Houmark, Mikkel Aagaard; Jørgensen, Cecilie Marie Løchte - 2022

We study how children's socio-emotional skills and well-being in adolescence are affected by an increase in the …

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