The relationship between videogames, time allocation decisions, and labour market outcomes – Evidence from the American Time Use Survey

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the time-allocation decisions of individuals who work from home (i.e. teleworkers), and compare them with their commuter counterparts. Design/methodology/approach Using data from the American Time Use Survey for the years 2003–2015, the authors analyze the time spent working, and the timing of work, of both commuters and teleworkers. Findings Results show that teleworkers devote 40 percent less time to market work activities than do commuters, and less than 60 percent of teleworkers work at “regular hours,” vs around 80 percent of their commuter counterparts. Using information from the Well-being Module for the years 2012 and 2013, the authors find that male teleworkers experience lower levels of negative feelings while working than do commuters. Originality/value This paper addresses the timing of work of workers working from home; and the instant well-being experienced, exploiting information at diary level.

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Impact of WIUT Library Activities on Labour Market Outcome

International Journal of Higher Education Pedagogies ◽

10.33422/ijhep.v2i2.26 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 1-25

Author(s):

Abbos Utkirov ◽

Rauf Salahodjayev

Keyword(s):

Labour Market ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Online Survey ◽

Research Approach ◽

Market Outcomes ◽

Problem Solving Skills ◽

Labour Market Outcomes ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

This paper investigates the impact of the Learning Resource Centre activities of Westminster International University Tashkent (WIUT) graduated students on the labour market outcome. WIUT library provides a learning environment that helps students to create practical teams and individual projects to support the agenda of employability. The study aims to clarify the relationship between library activities and labour market outcomes. This proposes the improvement of a commercial responsiveness workshop, in collaboration with other services, and alumni voices in an employability guide. A quantitative research approach was employed; an online survey questionnaire was distributed to alumni students to obtain the data. It was a semi-structured questionnaire designed using a Likert Scale to collect data from 607 graduates. The study revealed that LRC activities have a significant impact on labour market outcomes for students. LRC activities such as presentation skills, information technology skills, problem-solving skills, research skills were mostly expected in the labour market. Research limitations– The study was focused only on graduates of WIUT, which may limit the generalizability. Therefore, the researcher proposed to study and compare other graduates of universities in Uzbekistan. The insights are valuable for planning the curriculum of LRC activities and developing teaching practices at WIUT. Moreover, current and graduate students can learn market-oriented skills and labour market demands. This is the first-ever study in Uzbekistan that explores the relationship of university library activities on employability skills of alumni.

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Types of Education, Achievement and Labour Market Integration over the Life Course

Social Inclusion ◽

10.17645/si.v7i3.2397 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 58-64 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Irene Kriesi ◽

Juerg Schweri

Keyword(s):

Life Course ◽

Labour Market ◽

Market Integration ◽

Educational Achievement ◽

Market Outcomes ◽

Labour Market Integration ◽

Different Types ◽

Labour Market Outcomes ◽

The Life Course ◽

The Relationship

Over the last 15 years, research on the effects of different types of education on labour market integration and labour market outcomes has evolved. Whereas much of the early work analysed school-to-work transition outcomes, the focus of more recent studies has shifted to the relationship between educational achievement and mid- and long-term labour market outcomes. The overarching question of this body of research asks whether the allocation to different types of education leads to different skill sets, to different employment opportunities and to jobs offering unequal wages, job autonomy or job security. However, pivotal issues related to the comparison of vocational and general types of education or upper-secondary and tertiary-level qualification remain ambiguous and are hampered by a lack of suitable data and methodological problems. The aim of this issue is to further this debate and to provide more insights into the relationship between individual and contextual factors, allocation within the educational system, educational achievement and labour market outcomes over the life course. The 12 articles collected in this issue highlight the importance of focussing on the specific features and functions of different education tracks and programs, of applying data and methods suitable for such analyses and of considering the interplay of different determinants of education outcomes, such as social origin, gender or ethnicity.

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How Money Matters

Journal of Family Issues ◽

10.1177/0192513x11402953 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 32 (11) ◽

pp. 1449-1473 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Margaret L. Usdansky ◽

Wendy M. Parker

Keyword(s):

Time Use ◽

Curvilinear Relationship ◽

College Degree ◽

American Time Use Survey ◽

Gender Egalitarianism ◽

Housework Time ◽

Time Use Survey ◽

Relative Earnings ◽

Gender Display ◽

The Relationship

Using new data from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS), the authors consider how educational and parental status influence the relationship between wives’ relative earnings and the time they devote to housework in a climate of heightened gender egalitarianism and growing similarity between women’s and men’s time use. The authors capitalize on the large samples in the American Time Use Survey to study four groups of wives whose varying educational and parental statuses strengthen tests of theoretical claims regarding bargaining, gender display, and wives’ autonomy. Among wives with children at home and without a college degree, the authors find that relative earnings bear a curvilinear relationship to housework time, supporting predictions derived from exchange and gender display theories. Among wives with children and a college degree, and among wives without children regardless of degree status, relative earnings are unrelated to housework. In contrast, wives’ own earnings are inversely related to housework time across all four groups. The authors’ analyses suggest that educational and parental contexts jointly shape the relationship between wives’ earnings and their housework and the relative importance of bargaining, gender display, and autonomy.

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The Relationship between Immigration to Australia and the Labour Market Outcomes of Australian-Born Workers

Economic Record ◽

10.1111/1475-4932.12328 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 93 (301) ◽

pp. 255-276 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Robert Breunig ◽

Nathan Deutscher ◽

Hang Thi To

Keyword(s):

Labour Market ◽

Market Outcomes ◽

Labour Market Outcomes ◽

The Relationship

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The Relationship between Individual Labour Market Outcomes, Household Income and Expenditure, and Inequality and Poverty in New Zealand from 1983 to 2003

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2002357 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Steven Stillman ◽

Trinh Le ◽

John Gibson ◽

Dean R. Hyslop ◽

David C. Maré

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Labour Market ◽

Household Income ◽

Market Outcomes ◽

Labour Market Outcomes ◽

The Relationship

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Language skills in an ethnically segmented labour market: Estonia 1989–2012

International Journal of Manpower ◽

10.1108/ijm-06-2017-0115 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 40 (2) ◽

pp. 304-327 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Sven-Kristjan Bormann ◽

Svetlana Ridala ◽

Ott-Siim Toomet

Keyword(s):

Labour Market ◽

English Language ◽

Language Skills ◽

Labour Force ◽

Linear Regression Models ◽

Comprehensive Overview ◽

Market Outcomes ◽

Content Type ◽

Labour Market Outcomes ◽

The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the relationship between skills in the Estonian, Russian and English language, and labour market outcomes in Estonia, a linguistically divided country. Design/methodology/approach The authors use the Estonian Labour Force Surveys 1992–2012. The authors rely on multivariate linear regression models to document the relationship between language skills and labour market outcomes. Findings Estonian language knowledge (for ethnic Russians) are important determinants of unemployment. Wage, in contrary, is closely related to English skills. Ethnic Russian men do not earn any premium from speaking Estonian, while women, fluent in Estonian earn approximately 10 per cent more. For ethnic Estonians, Russian fluency is associated with a similar income gain. Research limitations/implications Due to the observational nature of the data, the effects reported in this study are not causal effects. As a second limitation, the self-reported language skills data may be imprecise and hence the effects the authors report may be too small. Practical implications The results stress the role of workplace segregation, both along gender and ethnic lines, in determining the individual labour market experience. Originality/value The authors provide a comprehensive overview of the effects of language skills in a rapidly developing labour market in a linguistically divided economy. The authors analyse several languages with different legal status and document long-term trends in the effects.

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Impact of Library Activities on Labour Market Outcome

10.21203/rs.3.rs-957534/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Abbos Utkirov ◽

Rauf Salahodjayev

Keyword(s):

Labour Market ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Online Survey ◽

Research Approach ◽

Market Outcomes ◽

Problem Solving Skills ◽

Labour Market Outcomes ◽

Functional Teams ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

Abstract PurposeThis paper investigates the impact of the Learning Resource Centre activities of Westminster International University Tashkent (WIUT) graduated students on the labour market outcome. WIUT library provides a learning environment that helps students create functional teams and individual projects to support employability. The study aims to clarify the relationship between library activities and labour market outcomes. It proposes an employability guide to improve a commercial responsiveness workshop in collaboration with other services and alumni voices.Design/methodology/approachA quantitative research approach was employed; an online survey questionnaire was distributed to alumni students to obtain the data. It was a semi-structured questionnaire designed using a Likert Scale to collect data from 607 graduates.FindingsThe study revealed that LRC activities have a significant impact on labour market outcomes for students. LRC activities such as presentation skills, information technology skills, problem-solving skills, research skills were expected mainly by the labour market.Research limitationsThe study was focused only on graduates of WIUT, which may limit the generalizability. Therefore, the researcher proposed to study and compare other graduates of universities in Uzbekistan.Practical implicationsThe insights are valuable for planning the curriculum of LRC activities and developing teaching practices at WIUT. Moreover, current and graduate students can learn market-oriented skills and labour market demands.Originality/valueThis is the first-ever study in Uzbekistan that explores the relationship of university library activities on the employability skills of alumni.

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Impact of WIUT Library activities on labour market outcome

10.21203/rs.3.rs-944446/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Abbos Utkirov ◽

Rauf Salahodjaev

Keyword(s):

Labour Market ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Online Survey ◽

Research Approach ◽

Market Outcomes ◽

Problem Solving Skills ◽

Labour Market Outcomes ◽

Functional Teams ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship

Abstract Purpose – This paper investigates the impact of the Learning Resource Centre activities of Westminster International University Tashkent (WIUT) graduated students on the labour market outcome. WIUT library provides a learning environment that helps students create functional teams and individual projects to support employability. The study aims to clarify the relationship between library activities and labour market outcomes. It proposes an employability guide to improve a commercial responsiveness workshop in collaboration with other services and alumni voices.Design/methodology/approach – A quantitative research approach was employed; an online survey questionnaire was distributed to alumni students to obtain the data. It was a semi-structured questionnaire designed using a Likert Scale to collect data from 607 graduates.Findings – The study revealed that LRC activities have a significant impact on labour market outcomes for students. LRC activities such as presentation skills, information technology skills, problem-solving skills, research skills were expected mainly by the labour market.Research limitations – The study was focused only on graduates of WIUT, which may limit the generalizability. Therefore, the researcher proposed to study and compare other graduates of universities in Uzbekistan.Practical implications – The insights are valuable for planning the curriculum of LRC activities and developing teaching practices at WIUT. Moreover, current and graduate students can learn market-oriented skills and labour market demands.Originality/value – This is the first-ever study in Uzbekistan that explores the relationship of university library activities on the employability skills of alumni.

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