We study the importance of economists' professional situation toward their life satisfaction based on a unique survey … of mostly academic economists. On average, economists report to be highly happy with life. Satisfaction is positively … related to spending more time on doing research. The lack of a tenured position decreases satisfaction. However, the extent to …

This study investigates the determinants of economists’ life satisfaction. The analysis is based on a survey of … position decreases satisfaction in particular if the contract expires in the near future or cannot be extended. Surprisingly …, publication success has no effect on satisfaction. While the perceived level of external pressure also has no impact, the …

for 23 countries and show that the higher job satisfaction can directly be attributed to the greater autonomy that self …