Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe whether workers in high positions and workers in low positions think differently about status and possible future career advancement opportunities. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses German panel data to examine the effects of...

Individuals who want to leave their employer usually raise the question whether mobility to a new employer pays off in the future. The paper contributes to this question by examining the consequences of labor market mobility in the medium term. Conclusions regarding whether an individual’s...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe whether workers in high positions and workers in low positions think differently about status and possible future career advancement opportunities. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses German panel data to examine the effects of...

Using survey data from 25 European countries, we can show that in most of the countries the self-employed are more satisfied with their jobs than employees. This paper aims to discuss the reasons why this is the case. The results show that part of the differences in job satisfaction between...

Because rational individuals know that they cannot always get what they want, they are assumed to make appropriate adjustments. However, little is known about trade-off reasoning in labor market mobility decision making. The objective of this paper is to analyze the effect of job-specific...

The aim of this paper is twofold. First, we describe determinants for the use of short-time work during the economic recession 2008 / 2009. Second, post-crisis changes in turnover and employment are analyzed with focus on the use of short-time work. The analysis is restricted to firms in the...

Summary Individuals who want to leave their employer usually raise the question whether mobility to a new employer pays off in the future. The paper contributes to this question by examining the consequences of labor market mobility in the medium term. Conclusions regarding whether an...