This study used data from the German Socio-economic Panel to examine gender differences in the extent to which self-reported subjective well-being was associated with occupying a high-level managerial position in the labour market, compared with employment in nonleadership, non-high-level managerial positions, unemployment, and non-labour market participation. Our results indicated that a clear...

We investigate labour market outcomes of Chinese immigrants in Canada focusing on the impact of career change on women as they enter the Canadian labour market. The sample includes men and women with higher education, from the People’s Republic of China. Applying an institutional approach, we discuss how professions are institutionalised into segmented labour markets with specific expectations ...

Is it feasible to increase income and generate employment in the context of a traditional labour intensive rural industry with strong linkages to an agriculturally backward economy? In order to address this issue, primary data from four villages of Peruvian North Sierra was used. The case of the hat making activity, employing exclusively family labour, purchasing the main input (straw, paja de ...

Abstract Having a job is an important indicator of economic and social wellbeing, two-earner families are becoming the norm rather than exception. As result, many more women, including mothers, in labour force now ever before. Balancing family work responsibilities therefore becomes important, not just for women but also men who sharing caring load with their partners, especially when young pre...