micro data from 1973-2023 on movements in life satisfaction along with data from 1995-2022 on five expectations variables on …We find expectations are more sensitive to economic growth than traditional wellbeing metrics. We examine Eurobarometer … their country in the year ahead. These expectations start to decline several months before the onset of downturns with …

-defined entrepreneurial group - report markedly greater well-being than equivalent employees. Their job satisfaction and life-satisfaction are …

union membership and employee job satisfaction is positive and statistically significant. This runs counter to findings in … United States we show the association between union membership and job satisfaction switched from negative to positive in the … between membership and job satisfaction is apparent in cohorts born in the 1940s and 1950s but turns positive for those born …

union membership and employee job satisfaction is positive and statistically significant. This runs counter to findings in … United States we show the association between union membership and job satisfaction switched from negative to positive in the … between membership and job satisfaction is apparent in cohorts born in the 1940s and 1950s but turns positive for those born …

data from the European Commission's Business and Consumer Surveys on people's expectations of life in general, their … Recession and during Covid, but bounced back quickly, as did firms' expectations of the economy and the labor market. Neither … slightly after 2020 as life expectancy dipped. This secular improvement is mirrored in life satisfaction which has been rising …

effects and lagged unemployment. We also use industrial firm's expectations of future employment, which are also predictive of …