In summary terms, the report examines teleworking, and homeworking more generally, from several perspectives: (i) the impact of differing definitions of both homeworking and teleworking on measurement of their incidence; (ii) identification of types of home-worker by their characteristics; (iii) the potential productivity effects of home-working as determined by individual income from work; (iv) […]

[…] of job satisfaction and subjective mental health systematically vary according to the days of the week and month of the year in which respondents are interviewed. Results suggest that over-employment has the largest depressive effect on job satisfaction among workers in Britain, while a deteriorating financial situation has a large negative impact on mental well-being.

[…] and private sector in Scotland. International migration is of particular interest with regard to the European Union Enlargement. Chapter 1, therefore, derives a framework to study the impact of differences in unemployment benefits on the migration decision. Chapter 2 contributes to the scarce literature on network migration by developing a model that suggests an […]

[…] on take up, highlighting gaps in understanding and explores the strengths and weaknesses of the theory base. Socio-economic, demographic and attitudinal trends are analysed to elucidate the impact these have had, and will have, on both the proportion entitled to Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG) and the take up rate. Current policy was analysed to […]