These writings have evolved properly over living many years on the planet and enjoying observations of my fellow man. It's about learning how to flow within the rhythm of all “LIFE FORMS” and laughing about silly things incredulous human beings do. It’s about loving the human race, and living everywhere on the planet at one time; it’s about you! Note: There is no intention on my part to be cogent as these writings have come about from a knowing heart! Upon using the words man and he, I am referring to the Homo Sapien species which include both male/female gender as we know it at the time of these writings.
Many countries face a continuing shortage in nurses' labour supply. Previous research suggests that nurses respond only weakly to changes in wages. We estimate a multi-sector model of nursing qualification holders' labour supply in different occupations. A structural approach allows us to model the labour force participation decision, the occupational and shift-type choice, and the decision about hours worked as a joint outcome following from maximizing a utility function. Disutility from work is allowed to vary by occupation and also by shift type in the utility function. Furthermore, we allow the preference parameters in the utility function to vary by certain family characteristics and personality. Our results suggest that average wage elasticities might be higher than previous research has found. This is mainly due to the effect of wages on the decision to enter or exit the profession, which was not included in the previous literature, rather than from its effect on increased working hours for those who already work in the profession. We find that the negative labour supply elasticities with respect to income are higher for nurses with children, while the positive elasticities with respect to wages are higher for low-qualified, older and childless nurses. Elasticities do not appear to vary by personality trait. -- nursing ; labour supply ; shift work ; wage elasticities
I estimate the effect of paid maternity leave on mothers probability of employment after birth, how this effect varies with the age of the child, and the effect on wages when the child is about four years old. A statistical matching approach is applied. The matching procedure controls for an extensive range of pre-birth job characteristics, health and human capital measures, and attitudes towards nonmaternal care. Mothers appear to delay their return to work after a birth if they are entitled to paid maternity leave, but the delay is short and does not affect wages in the long-run."--Abstract.
Die Welt aus dem Blickwinkel unserer Kinder zu sehen, ist das Ziel dieses Buches. Unempfänglich für die Probleme und Sorgen der Welt, leben Kinder in den Tag hinein und können in den kleinsten, alltäglichen Dingen faszinierende Wunder erkennen. Während wir Erwachsene in der Realität leben und nur selten fantasieren, benutzen Kinder noch sehr häufig ihr Vorstellungsvermögen, um sich imaginäre Orte zu schaffen. Trotz allem sind sie aber aufmerksame Beobachter und kopieren die guten, wie auch die schlechten Angewohnheiten ihrer Mitmenschen. Achtsamkeit und Rücksicht auf die Wahrnehmung unserer Kinder sind also der Schlüssel zu einem harmonischen Umgang miteinander.
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