International Journal of Manpower: Volume 36 Issue 1

The internet as a data source for advancement in social sciences

Nikolaos Askitas, Klaus F. Zimmermann

The purpose of this paper is to recommend the use of internet data for social sciences with a special focus on human resources issues. It discusses the potentials and challenges…

Demographic research with non-representative internet data

Emilio Zagheni, Ingmar Weber

Internet data hold many promises for demographic research, but come with severe drawbacks due to several types of bias. The purpose of this paper is to review the literature that…

Health and well-being in the great recession

Nikolaos Askitas, Klaus F. Zimmermann

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent to which the authors can use internet search data in order to capture the impact of the 2008 Financial and Economic Crisis…

A web survey analysis of subjective well-being

Martin Guzi, Pablo de Pedraza García

The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of work conditions and job characteristics with respect to three subjective well-being (SWB) indicators: life satisfaction, job…

“As rare as a panda”: How facial attractiveness, gender, and occupation affect interview callbacks at Chinese firms

Margaret Maurer-Fazio, Lei Lei

The purpose of this paper is to explore how both gender and facial attractiveness affect job candidates’ chances of obtaining interviews in China’s dynamic internet job board…

Comparing collective bargaining agreements for developing countries

Janna Besamusca, Kea Tijdens

The purpose of this paper is to fill several knowledge gaps regarding the contents of collective agreements, using a new online database. The authors analyse 249 collective…

Can internet searches forecast tourism inflows?

Concha Artola, Fernando Pinto, Pablo de Pedraza García

The purpose of this paper is to improve the forecast of tourism inflows into Spain by use of Google – indices on internet searches measuring the relative popularity of keywords…