Why Do Part-time Workers Invest Less in Human Capital than Full-timers?

Why Do Part-Time Workers Earn Less? The Role of Worker and Job Skills

Why Do Part-Time Workers Earn Less? The Role of Worker and Job Skills The wages of part-time workers are considerably lower than are those of full-time workers. Measurable worker and job characteristics, including occupational skill requirements, account for much of the part-time penalty. Longitudinal analysis indicates that much of the remaining gap reflects worker heterogeneity, evidenced by ...

Why do boys eat less fruit and vegetables than girls?

OBJECTIVE To explore why boys eat less fruit and vegetables (F&V) than girls, using longitudinal data following pupils from the age of 12.5 to 15.5 years, including perceived accessibility, modelling, intention, preferences, self-efficacy and knowledge of recommendations as potential mediators. DESIGN/SETTING/SUBJECTS A longitudinal study, based on data collected among the control schools wit...

Why do arms extract less oxygen than legs during exercise?

To determine whether conditions for O2 utilization and O2 off-loading from the hemoglobin are different in exercising arms and legs, six cross-country skiers participated in this study. Femoral and subclavian vein blood flow and gases were determined during skiing on a treadmill at approximately 76% maximal O2 uptake (V(O2)max) and at V(O2)max with different techniques: diagonal stride (combine...

Incentives to invest in the human capital of temporary agency workers

JNK bond regulation: why do mammalian hearts invest in connexin43?

Large numbers of gap junctions interconnect working myocytes in the ventricle of adult humans.1–5 Until recently, it was assumed that the reason for the abundance of these clusters of intercellular channels was straightforward. This phenomenon was thought to be principally a matter of ensuring that action potentials were conducted efficiently from myocyte to myocyte.6–8 However, it has long bee...