http://repub.eur.nl/res/concept/jel-J28/ Recent publications classified by JEL Code J28 en http://repub.eur.nl/static-eur/img/logo.png http://repub.eur.nl http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/22556/ 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Job satisfaction of self-employed and paid-employed workers is analyzed using the European Community Household Panel for the EU-15 covering the years 1994-2001. We distinguish between two types of job satisfaction, i.e. job satisfaction in terms of type of work and job satisfaction in terms of job security. Findings from our generalized ordered logit regressions indicate that self-employed individuals as compared to paid employees are more likely to be satisfied with their present jobs in terms of type of work and less likely to be satisfied in terms of job security. The findings also provide many insights into the determinants of the two types of job satisfaction for both the self-employed and paid employees Millan, J.M. Thurik, A.R. Hessels, S.J.A. Aguado, R. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/14031/ 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z This paper estimates the impact of work environment health and safety practice on firm performance, and examines which firm-characteristic factors are associated with good work conditions. We use Danish longitudinal register matched employer-employee data, merged with firm business accounts and detailed cross-sectional survey data on workplace conditions. This enables us to address typical econometric problems such as omitted variables bias or endogeneity in estimating i) standard production functions augmented with work environment indicators and aggregate employee characteristics and ii) firm mean wage regressions on the same explanatory variables. Our findings suggest that improvement in some of the physical dimensions of the work health and safety environment (specifically, “internal climate” and “repetitive and strenuous activity”) strongly impacts the firm productivity, whereas “internal climate” problems are the only workplace hazards compensated for by higher mean wages. Buhai, I.S. Cottini, E. Westergaard-Nielsen, N. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/13453/ 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The text contains concluding remarks to the book Shifts in Compensation between Private and Public Systems, Tort and Insurance Law. Why have some legal systems abandoned tort law in some areas and replaced it with some form of no-fault compensation scheme or strict liability? What have been the effects? How should we evaluate these 'shifts'? Why have they not been adopted in other countries? These questions have been the focus of the Shifts in Compensation research project and this is the final volume in this series, addressing, on the one hand, the issues relating to 'shifts' in compensation systems at a more general level, and on the other hand, addressing shifts in particular domains. The papers examining the shifts at a more general level provide a framework for the analysis of the various shifts and explain the shifts towards an increasing use of strict liability and no-fault regimes. To what extent shifts in compensation can be explained by insurance markets and their relative flexibility is also dealt with. In addition, shifts in the specific areas of medical mishaps and disasters are also examined. This book brings together lawyers and economists from various jurisdictions thus providing a multidisciplinary approach to tort law and alternative instruments. Faure, M.G. Boom, W.H. van http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/7092/ 2005-10-21T00:00:00Z Using survey data of public sector employees in the Netherlands, this paper shows that workers' satisfaction with various job domains not only affects whether but also where workers search for another job. An intuitive pattern emerges. Workers try to leave their current employer when their job search is instigated by dissatisfaction with an organisation-specific job domain, like management. Conversely, more job-specific problems, like a lack of autonomy, lead workers to opt for another position within their current organisation. Dissatisfaction with job domains which may have an industry-specific component, such as job duties, drives workers out of their industry. These findings suggest that on-the-job experience provides workers with information about the quality of their own job as well as of other jobs in their organisation and industry. Delfgaauw, J. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/6593/ 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z This paper employs survey data on the reasons to quit of Dutch job changers who entered or left a public sector job in 2001. We show that workers' reasons to quit their public sector job influence their decision to stay in or leave their industry of employment. A bad experience with, for instance, pay, work pressure, or job duties makes a change in industry more likely. Likewise, many workers who quit out of dissatisfaction with pay or management leave the public sector altogether. Lastly, it is shown that workers' reasons to quit fully explain the differences in wage growth between intra- and interindustry job movers. Delfgaauw, J. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/7784/ 1997-12-03T00:00:00Z Involuntary absence is often seen as an exogenous factor, but firms can take actions to reduce it. In this paper the notion that firms, especially SMEs, are faced with a single decision whether or not to undertake these actions is questioned. A firm model on involuntary absence measures is constructed and estimated in which four successive steps are distinguished. It turns out that this model is supported by the data. Furthermore a clear firm-size effect exists. Larger firms tend to take more precautionary actions than small firms because they have more attention for work- and health-related topics in general and more easily recognise the influence they can exert on the level of involuntary absence. Kok, J.M.P. de