"Using German and British panel data, we analyse the impact of transitions from unemployment to full-time employment on life satisfaction, with special focus on the influence of job quality. On average there are pronounced positive effects of a new job in both countries, even after controlling for income changes and other factors. These effects are smaller for people taking up low-paid jobs (in Germany, but not in Britain) or temporary jobs, but even this group is significantly better off compared to people remaining unemployed in both countries. We also use job satisfaction as an alternative indicator of job quality. Re-employed persons with low job satisfaction scores are not likely to experience a significant rise in life satisfaction." ...
"In diesem Artikel wird anhand eines verbundenen administrativen Arbeitgeber-Arbeitnehmer- Datensatz...
"In Germany, since 2005 needy job-seekers without access to earnings-related and insurance-paid 'une...
"In 2005 a major reform of the German means-tested unemployment benefit system came into force. The...
"Over the past three decades Germany has repeatedly deregulated the law on temporary agency work by ...
"In this paper we show that firm characteristics have an influence on the success of employment subs...
"In 2005, benefit sanctions in Germany were tightened with the introduction of the new means-tested ...
"In this paper we analyse the health effects of fixed-term contract status for men and women in West...
"This paper estimates the effects of several German labor market programs - starting in March 2003 -...
"For Germany, our study estimates average effects of further vocational training, short training and...
"Since the early 90's the West German firms have to deal with sharp changes of economic environment:...
"From 1992 to 2005, part-time employment in Western Germany has grown by 82 percent, whereas full-ti...
"Targeted wage subsidies paid to employers are an important element of active labour market policies...
"By financially supplementing low wages, in-work benefits are an instrument of active labor market p...
"How do agglomeration effects influence the demand for labour? To answer this question, approaches o...
"Können Niedriglohnjobs für Arbeitslose als Sprungbrett in besser bezahlte Tätigkeiten oder zumindes...
"In diesem Artikel wird anhand eines verbundenen administrativen Arbeitgeber-Arbeitnehmer- Datensatz...
"In Germany, since 2005 needy job-seekers without access to earnings-related and insurance-paid 'une...
"In 2005 a major reform of the German means-tested unemployment benefit system came into force. The...
"Over the past three decades Germany has repeatedly deregulated the law on temporary agency work by ...
"In this paper we show that firm characteristics have an influence on the success of employment subs...
"In 2005, benefit sanctions in Germany were tightened with the introduction of the new means-tested ...
"In this paper we analyse the health effects of fixed-term contract status for men and women in West...
"This paper estimates the effects of several German labor market programs - starting in March 2003 -...
"For Germany, our study estimates average effects of further vocational training, short training and...
"Since the early 90's the West German firms have to deal with sharp changes of economic environment:...
"From 1992 to 2005, part-time employment in Western Germany has grown by 82 percent, whereas full-ti...
"Targeted wage subsidies paid to employers are an important element of active labour market policies...
"By financially supplementing low wages, in-work benefits are an instrument of active labor market p...
"How do agglomeration effects influence the demand for labour? To answer this question, approaches o...
"Können Niedriglohnjobs für Arbeitslose als Sprungbrett in besser bezahlte Tätigkeiten oder zumindes...
"In diesem Artikel wird anhand eines verbundenen administrativen Arbeitgeber-Arbeitnehmer- Datensatz...
"In Germany, since 2005 needy job-seekers without access to earnings-related and insurance-paid 'une...
"In 2005 a major reform of the German means-tested unemployment benefit system came into force. The...