Utilizing data from the UK Household Longitudinal Study, we employ panel methodologies and unconditional quantile regression (UQR) analysis to explore the prevalence and impact of the motherhood penalty within the context of the United Kingdom. Our panel findings underscore the persistence of a...

To investigate whether, along with economic growth, the Republic of Korea has become a better place for workers, we examine trends in seven job quality dimensions between 2006 and 2020 and find that the relevant mean values changed in opposite directions. The largest rise was in Working Time...

This article investigates the link between personality traits and workers' productivity when working from home (WFH). We exploit a survey conducted in Latvia in 2021, providing measures of the "Big Five" personality traits for more than 1,700 recent teleworkers. Other things being equal,...

This article assesses the performance of the Economic and Social Council of Argentina (ESC-A) over its two years of activity (2021-22). Our analysis focuses on the implantation of this new forum in the hierarchical institutional framework of Argentina's economy and, following the notion of...