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Do you really want to share everything? : the wellbeing of work-linked couples
Hennecke, Juliane; Hetschko, Clemens - 2021
the satisfaction differences between work-linked and non-work-linked partners. Using data from the German Socio …-Economic Panel (SOEP, 2019), we estimate the effect of working in the same occupation and/or industry on life satisfaction as well as … satisfaction with four areas of life: income, work, family and leisure. In the process, we employ pooled OLS estimations and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012499522
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The cost of well-being
Pettini, Anna; Patrizi, Vincenzo; Resce, Giuliano - 2015
Since measures of well-being are meant to be an exercise in documentation, but also a tool for policies and priorities, we suggest an operative way to use them. We evaluate both technical and social efficiency of countries in producing the Better Life Index (BLI) objectives. To assess the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011305432
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Income or leisure? : on the hidden benefits of (un-)employment
Chadi, Adrian; Hetschko, Clemens - 2017
higher satisfaction with free time, while time spent on hobbies increases to a lesser extent than home production …. Additionally, satisfaction with family life increases, which may be a hidden benefit of being unemployed. In contrast, satisfaction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011688216
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Economic growth and subjective well-being : reassessing the Easterlin paradox
Stevenson, Betsey (contributor); Wolfers, Justin (contributor) - 2008
comparisons in determining happiness. -- Happiness ; subjective well-being ; Easterlin Paradox ; life satisfaction ; economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003751098
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The subjective well-being of workfare participants : insights from a day reconstruction survey
Knabe, Andreas; Schöb, Ronnie; Weimann, Joachim - 2015
Germany. We examine two subdimensions of subjective well-being - life satisfaction and emotional well-being - separately to … obtain a more comprehensive view of the subjective impact of workfare jobs. Our results show that the life satisfaction of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011280847
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How job changes affect people's lives : evidence from subjective well-being data
Chadi, Adrian; Hetschko, Clemens - 2016
satisfaction, though only for some time, whereas the impact of exogenously triggered job changes is ambiguous. Risk aversion … interacts negatively with this effect in life satisfaction. Analysing time-use data and well-being indicators for various areas … of life, we find evidence that involuntary job mobility turns out to be harmful for satisfaction with family life. By …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011482693
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A happy way to grow old? : grandparent caregiving, quality of life and life satisfaction
Wang, Hao; Fidrmuc, Jan; Luo, Qi - 2019
study the effect of grandparents looking after grandchildren on quality of life and life satisfaction of grandparents. We … to grandfathers. The favorable effect on life satisfaction is primarily directly attributable to caring for grandchildren …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012024588
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Worker satisfaction and worker representation : the jury is still out
Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - 2022
This paper investigates the relationship between worker job satisfaction and workplace representation, to include works … that workers in establishments with workplace representation have less job satisfaction than their counterparts in plants … satisfaction and unionism, it would be premature to conclude that this result can be generalized to continental European nations. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013473687
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Subjective well-being, income, economic development and growth
Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2010
most countries around the world. Turning to the relationship between countries, we show that average life satisfaction is … higher in countries with greater GDP per capita. The magnitude of the satisfaction-income gradient is roughly the same …-being. Finally, studying changes in satisfaction over time, we find that as countries experience economic growth, their citizens …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697413
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Subjective well-being and income : is there any evidence of satiation?
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2013 - This draft: April 16, 2013
Many scholars have argued that once "basic needs" have been met, higher income is no longer associated with higher in subjective well-being. We assess the validity of this claim in comparisons of both rich and poor countries, and also of rich and poor people within a country. Analyzing multiple...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009736745