International Journal of Manpower: Volume 35 Issue 5

Unemployment outflows: the relevance of gender and marital status in Italy and Spain

Chiara Mussida, Enrico Fabrizi

– The purpose of this paper is to shed light on transitions from the state of unemployment to that of employment and of inactivity in Italy and Spain.

Human capital depreciation and education level

Sylvain Weber

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the link between human capital depreciation and education level, with an emphasis on potential differences between general and specific…

Approaching the female labor supply from the unpaid work and non-work functions: Time-use diary evidence from Britain, 1998-9

Pródromos-Ioánnis K. Prodromídis

The purpose of this paper is to study the allocation of time to paid work, unpaid work and non-work by women in Britain in 1998-1999. To infer the labor supply from the other…

Body weight and labour market outcomes in Post-Soviet Russia

Sonya Huffman, Marian Rizov

The purpose of this paper is to focus on the impacts of overweight and obesity on the probability of employment, wages, and the incidence of sick-leave days by gender, in Russia…

Self-employment and job satisfaction: an empirical analysis

Gema Álvarez, Ana I. Sinde-Cantorna

The purpose of this paper is to test whether the usual positive effect of self-employment on job satisfaction remains once the greater autonomy and flexibility afforded by…

Loss of labor time due to malfunctioning ICTs and ICT skill insufficiencies

Alexander van Deursen, Jan van Dijk

The purpose of this paper is to unexplore the area of information and communication technology (ICT) use in organizations related to the assumed productivity gains by the use of…

Sexual orientation discrimination in the Cypriot labour market. Distastes or uncertainty?

Nick Drydakis

Sexual orientation and employment bias is examined in Cyprus by implementing an experiment for the period 2010-2011. The design is aimed at answering three main questions. Do gay…