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Women between Part-Time and Full-Time Work: The Influence of Changing Hours of Work on Happiness and Life-Satisfaction

Gash, Vanessa; Mertens, Antje; Gordo, Laura Romeu - 2010

This paper asks whether part-time work makes women happy. Previous research on labour supply has assumed that as workers freely choose their optimal working hours on the basis of their innate preferences and the hourly wage rate, outcome reflects preference. This paper tests this assumption by...

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Women between Part-Time and Full-Time Work: The Influence of Changing Hours of Work on Happiness and Life-Satisfaction

Gash, Vanessa; Mertens, Antje; Gordo, Laura Romeu - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2010

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Hartz and minds: Happiness effects of reforming an employment agency

Deter, Max - 2020

Since the labor market reforms around 2005, known as the Hartz reforms, Germany has experienced declining unemployment … unemployment rate. Also unemployed persons who exogenously lost their jobs are affected by the reforms. In line with the structure …

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Why Does Unemployment Hurt the Employed? Evidence from the Life Satisfaction Gap between the Public and Private Sectors

Luechinger, Simon; Meier, Stephan; Stutzer, Alois - 2008

High rates of unemployment entail substantial costs to the working population in terms of reduced subjective well … sensitivity of subjective well-being to fluctuations in unemployment rates is much lower in the public sector than in the private … unemployment. …

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Why Does Unemployment Hurt the Employed?: Evidence from the Life Satisfaction Gap between the Public and Private Sectors

Luechinger, Simon; Meier, Stephan; Stutzer, Alois - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2008

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Is a temporary job better than unemployment? A cross-country comparison based on Britsh, German, and Swiss panel data

Gebel, Michael - 2013

with a permanent contract, this study compares temporary work to the alternative of unemployment. Specifically, this paper …

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Is a Temporary Job Better than Unemployment?: A Cross-Country Comparison Based on British, German, and Swiss Panel Data

Gebel, Michael - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013

with a permanent contract, this study compares temporary work to the alternative of unemployment. Specifically, this paper …

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Life satisfaction and unemployment: The role of voluntariness and job prospects

Hajek, André - 2013

By using longitudinal data the relation between satisfaction with life and unemployment is analyzed in this study. Data … the effects of voluntary and involuntary unemployment on life satisfaction. (2) Moreover, the intent is to answer the …

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Endogeneity in the relation between poverty, wealth and life satisfaction

Hajek, André - 2013

, even the probability of returning from unemployment to employment can increase. Gender-specific differences are discussed. …

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Does it pay to be a woman? Labour demand effects of maternity-related job protection and replacement incomes

Scheubel, Beatrice - 2014

In countries with strong employment protection laws it is often considered to be unwise to hire a woman in childbearing age because she might get pregnant. However, such labour demand e ects of job protection measures related to maternity leave are often rather anecdotal. To provide analytical...

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