Why unemployment has heterogeneous effects on subjective well-being remains a hot topic.
Using German Socio-Economic Panel data, this paper finds significant heterogeneity using …

This paper documents the link between finance and informal competition. Using longitudinal
firm-level data, we show that formal firms that are more exposed to the competition of …

In the context of economic globalization, the comparative advantages of developing
countries and developed countries tend to be more complex. After the economic crisis in …

Women are often found to be in inferior jobs with lower wages and lower job quality, but to
report higher job satisfaction. This gender-job satisfaction paradox is documented for high …

This paper examines how economic sanctions affect the allocation of workers across formal
and informal employment. We analyse the case of the unprecedented sanctions imposed on …

It is widely recognized by scholars that amenities affect the individual well-being. Ample
empirical evidence has been provided for developed countries, although this analysis for …

This paper studies individual labour market mobility and its determinants in South Africa
since 2008 using two large, nationally representative longitudinal datasets: a set of 2-year …

Using a special module of the 2015 Mexican Labour Force Survey with information on
workers' preferences for jobs with social security coverage, it is found that 80 per cent of …

Creative industries are an increasingly important part of the global economy. National
governments position creative industries within a new knowledge economy. However, little …