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We used the last three waves of the European Quality of Life Surveys to analyze the happiness of older workers in Romania and the Visegrád countries. Applying ordinary least squares and ordered logit models we showed that being employed makes people happier ceteris paribus than being unemployed. This effect is the same for younger and older persons in the V4 countries, but there is an extra positive effect for older workers in Romania.

One important aspect of globalization is the cross-border flow of capital, namely foreign direct investment that is considered to be an important engine of economic growth via productivity enhancement. One important form of foreign direct investment is cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As). The effect of M&As on firm-level productivity has been analyzed in many papers. This article provides a survey of this literature following a kind of evolutionary perspective: The main results are presented following advances in data usage and methodology. Further research questions are also formulated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One important aspect of globalization is the cross-border flow of capital, namely foreign direct investment that is considered to be an important engine of economic growth via productivity enhancement. One important form of foreign direct investment is cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As). The effect of M&As on firm-level productivity has been analyzed in many papers. This article provides a survey of this literature following a kind of evolutionary perspective: The main results are presented following advances in data usage and methodology. Further research questions are also formulated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Many papers have analyzed the effects of foreign acquisition on firm productivity, articulating its positive impacts. However, an important issue remains: is there a general foreign acquisition effect, or is there any heterogeneity in the effects? This paper reports on the analysis of over 3,400 majority foreign acquisitions in Hungary. The main result (which exists in a propensity score matching sample as well) of the difference-in-differences analysis is that only acquirers from higher income countries foster labor productivity significantly — and this effect increases with the income gap between Hungary and the country of origin -, while acquirers from lower income countries do not induce statistically significant effects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This reminiscing review article is an account of the author's fascination and involvements with mass spectrometry from the perspective of an organic chemist with an interest in natural product chemistry. It covers a period from 1961 through the mid 1990s as mass spectrometry evolved form a novelty technique to become a most widely used analytical technique. Following a brief synopsis of my pathway to mass spectrometry, my research efforts in this field are presented with a focus mainly on evolving principles and technologies which I had personal involvements with. To provide historical perspectives, discussions of these developments are accompanied by brief outlines of the relevant state-of-the-art, shedding light on the technical and conceptual challenges encountered during those early days in mass spectrometry. Examples are presented of my involvements with basic and applied research in mass spectrometry during graduate studies at Stanford University and close to three decade tenure in pharmaceutical research at Syntex Research. My basic research interests focused mainly on principles of electron ionization induced fragmentation mechanisms, with an emphasis on steroids and other model compounds. Extensive deuterium labeling evidence was used to determine the fragmentation mechanisms of the diagnostically significant ions in the spectra of numerous model compounds, uncovering examples of wide-ranging hydrogen transfers, skeletal rearrangements, methyl and phenyl migrations, stereoselective fragmentations and low and high energy fragmentation processes. Depiction of the industrial research phase of my career includes comments on the pivotal role mass spectrometry played on advancing modern pharmaceutical research. Examples are presented of involvements with instrumental developments and a few select cases of applied research, including studies of bile mechanisms in vertebrates, identification of bisphenol-A leaching from sterilized polycarbonate containers, high sensitivity TCDD analyses and other projects. Reflecting on my services for the mass spectrometry society, involvements with the co-founding and 12 year chairing of the Asilomar Conference on Mass Spectrometry and founding of the Bay Area Mass Spectrometry regional MS discussion group, as part of my services for the mass spectrometry community, are presented in some detail. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Mass Spec Rev 36:520-542, 2017 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]