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finding channel. Furthermore, this is the first study which investigates whether job changes affect wage and job satisfaction … income; yet, weak evidence can be found for higher job satisfaction and a reduction in turnover. …
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This paper analyses how individual job satisfaction is affected by wage changes. In order to account for potential … dynamic effects of wage changes on job satisfaction, we include lead and lag effects of income changes in our analysis … in his wages, but also by the size of these changes relative to wage changes within his reference group. Results from an …
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In this study we investigate the link between the job search channels that workers use to find employment and the probability of occupational mismatch in the new job. Our specific focus is on differences between native and immigrant workers. We use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel...
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Using the 2015 introduction of a statutory minimum wage in Germany as a quasi-experiment, I investigate the effects of … wage increases on personality. The degree to which each worker's wage is intended to be affected by the reform is used as … an instrument for the relative increase in the worker's hourly wage in a two-stage least squares estimation based on …
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regression analysis are that workers, who perceive their own wage as unfair, sleep significantly less during the workweek (1.2 to … hour). The size of the hourly wage is however not significantly correlated with any of the sleep outcomes and the household … and income effects. The overall results suggest that unfair wage perceptions, which are related to stress, negatively …
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Based on German individual-level panel data, this paper empirically examines the impact of self-managed working time (SMWT) on employee effort. Theoretically, workers may respond positively or negatively to having control over their own working hours, depending on whether SMWT increases work...
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This paper theoretically and empirically examines the impact of self-managed working time (SMWT) on employee effort. As a means of increased worker autonomy, SMWT can theoretically increase effort via intrinsic motivation and reciprocal behaviour, but can lead to a decrease of effort due to a...
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Risk aversion might affect current and potential teachers' reaction to reforms, in particular payment reforms. However, evidence on teachers' risk aversion in comparison to other occupations is limited. The present study is based on twelve waves of a representative German data set (N = 18,381)...
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Using unique survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this study examines the influence of reciprocal inclinations on workers' sorting into codetermined firms. Employees with strong negative reciprocal inclinations are more likely to work in firms with a works council while employees...
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Based on German individual-level panel data, this paper empirically examines the impact of self-managed working time (SMWT) on employee effort. Theoretically, workers may respond positively or negatively to having control over their own working hours, depending on whether SMWT increases work...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010748386