How much does others’ protection matter? Employment protection, future labour market prospects and well-being

Luecke, Christine; Knabe, Andreas

doi:10.1093/oep/gpz050

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“…At the same time, employment protection can also have negative well-being effects on other groups. Temporary workers, for example, suffer from employment protection of permanent workers because it reduces their perceived chances to obtain a permanent job themselves (Luecke and Knabe 2020). In France, the Delalande tax protecting older workers from being laid off increases the perceived job security of the target group at the cost of insecurity among younger workers (Georgieff and Lepinteur 2018).…”

Section: Labor Market Policymentioning

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Happiness, Work, and Identity

Hetschko

Knabe

Schoeb

2021

Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics

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This chapter introduces identity utility to the study of (un)employment and (un)happiness. The concept is described in terms of an augmented utility function, the implications of which are assessed in light of the empirical literature on unemployment and well-being. Studies on unemployed persons' affective and cognitive well-being allow assessing the importance of the loss of identity utility relative to other nonmonetary consequences of joblessness, such as fewer social contacts and a lack of a structure in daily life. Unlike life satisfaction, unemployment leaves affective well-being mostly unaffected, which points to a major relevance of the loss of identity. This view is corroborated further by studies on the importance of the social norms to work and be self-reliant for the life satisfaction of the unemployed, as well as by studies showing the positive life satisfaction effect of retirement on unemployed workers. Based on this strong evidence for identity utility losses of unemployed persons, the notion of identity utility is used to explain heterogeneity in the effect of unemployment on life satisfaction. It is also linked to further consequences of unemployment, such as social exclusion and stigmatization. Moreover, this chapter uses identity utility to assess the likely effectiveness of labor market policies in alleviating the misery of the unemployed. Finally, research on work, happiness and identity is reconciled with a more standard economics view on labor supply based on studies examining the impact of working hours on workers' well-being.

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Section: Labor Market Policymentioning

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Happiness, Work, and Identity

Hetschko

Knabe

Schoeb

2021

Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics

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“…Also, the effect is disproportionate, specific groups already vulnerable being most affected (older people, those with health problems, young persons, women -as they are in hired in the most affected sectors, self-employed or migrants) (ILO, 2020). To not negatively affect the well-being of workers, many countries have already adapted their social assistance programs in different ways, and they try not to deteriorate the access to social protection (Luecke & Knabe, 2020;Gentilini et al, 2020). Employment protection and allowing working arrangements more flexible than ever are aimed to reduce job strain as a result of health security reasons (UNICEF, ILO, UN Women, 2020).…”

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Job Quality and Well-Being in Oecd Countries

Picatoste

Aceleanu

Șerban

2021

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

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The lifestyle of world citizens has suffered an unprecedented impact as a result of the health crisis caused by the COVID-19. Economies and worldwide societies expect huge damages comparable to that caused by war. To the effects of this crisis on employment and wages must be added those produced in the workplace, with a foreseeable increase in job strain, not only as of the result of the health security reasons in the workplace but also to the effects on work-life balance, training and promotion possibilities, etc. This research analyses the impact of the economic situation on health, the influence of health on labour strain and on job quality. Using OECD data and a structural equation model, we have investigated the relationship between economy, health, quality of the job, work-life balance and well-being. The importance of security and safeness in the workplace is one of the items for evaluating job strain, particularly when they become even more crucial in pandemic times. This issue implicates not only the real risk of individual and social health but also a stressful situation for workers. The main contribution of our paper relies on establishing and prove causal relations among social and economic variables related to health, well-being and job quality, including safeness at the workplace. Considering that this relationship will probably become reinforced after a pandemic, like COVID-19, the actual relevance of the analysed topic and the achieved results becomes crucial.

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Institutions and Life Satisfaction

Berggren

Bjørnskov

2020

Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics

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How much does others’ protection matter? Employment protection, future labour market prospects and well-being

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Happiness, Work, and Identity

Happiness, Work, and Identity

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