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Stressed by your job : what is the role of personnel policy?

Shvartsman, Elena; Beckmann, Michael - 2015 - This version: November 2015

Work-related stress can lead to substantial health problems and thereby result in immense costs for establishments. Therefore, the question as to what extent establishments contribute to their employees’ stress levels is of great importance for firm performance. We investigate the relationship...

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Income comparisons among neighbours and life satisfaction in East and West Germany

Knies, Gundi - 2010

' income divide the German nation. We find that the neighbourhood income effect for West Germany is negative (which is in line … social interactions between neighbours take place. In contrast, the coefficients on neighbourhood income in East Germany are … there is a divide between East and West Germany, but also that neighbours may not be a relevant comparison group in …

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A behaviouristic approach for measuring poverty : the decomposition approach ; empirical illustrations for Germany 1995-2009

Faik, Jürgen - 2011

In this paper an alternative approach with regard to poverty measurement is discussed: the so-called decomposition approach. This method differentiates between various social groups in the sense that for each group a separate poverty line is determined. E. g., household size might be a criterion...