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The happy farmer : self-employment and subjective well-being in rural Vietnam
Markussen, Thomas; Fibæk, Maria; Tarp, Finn; Tuan, … - 2014
explaining earnings gaps between sectors and types of employment. We also investigate other determinants of happiness, such as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010400648
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Happiness and work
Krause, Annabelle - 2014
The relationship between happiness and work is subject to an ever growing empirical literature in economics. The … the literature investigates potential driving effects of happiness on labor market outcomes. This article will give an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010403446
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Boss competence and worker well-being
Artz, Benjamin; Goodall, Amanda H.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2014
Nearly all workers have a supervisor or 'boss'. Yet there is almost no published research by economists into how bosses affect the quality of employees' lives. This study offers some of the first formal evidence. First, it is shown that a boss's technical competence is the single strongest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010417963
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The analysis of human feelings: a practical suggestion for a robustness test
Bloem, Jerey R.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2021
. These data provide information on citizens' happiness, levels of customer satisfaction, employees' satisfaction, mental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012603839
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Lockdowns, loneliness and life satisfaction
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2020
their happiness, adjusted for numerous demographic and economic variables. Satisfaction among married individuals increases …. Assuming that lockdowns constrain married people to spend time solely with their spouses, simulations show that their happiness … this inference. Simulations demonstrate clearly that, assuming lockdowns impose solitude on singles, their happiness was …
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Wellbeing consequences of unemployment and working with a job dissatisfaction in Turkey
Ugur, Zeynep B. - In: International econometric review 14 (2022) 4, pp. 124-141
This study aims to shed light on the well-being of unemployed individuals in Turkey by posing two questions. First, are the unemployed unhappier compared to the employed? Second, are the unemployed even unhappier than people unsatisfied with their job? We utilize the Life Satisfaction Survey's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014311302
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Finding a job : consequences for life satisfaction and interactions with job quality
Grün, Carola; Häuser, Wolfgang; Rhein, Thomas - 2008
Mit deutschen und britischen Panel-Daten analysieren wir, wie sich der Übergang aus Arbeitslosigkeit in (Vollzeit-)Beschäftigung auf die Lebenszufriedenheit auswirkt, und berücksichtigen dabei insbesondere den Einfluss der Arbeitsplatzqualität. Im Durchschnitt sind deutliche positive Effekte...
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The subjective well-being of workfare participants : insights from a day reconstruction survey
Knabe, Andreas; Schöb, Ronnie; Weimann, Joachim - 2015
In this paper, we shed more light on the subjective well-being of workfare participants and compare it to the well-being of unemployed and employed workers. We use data from a self-conducted survey among participants in workfare schemes in Germany. We examine two subdimensions of subjective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011280847
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The anatomy of subjective well-being
Praag, Bernard M. S. van; Frijters, Paul; … - 2001
This paper contributes to the literature on subjective well-being (SWB) by taking into account different aspects of life, called domains, such as health, financial situation, job, leisure, housing, and environment. We postulate a two-layer model where individual total SWB depends on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011326415
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". . . Do it with joy!" : subjective well-being outcomes of working in non-profit organizations
Binder, Martin - 2015
Working in non-profit organizations has been shown to be good for individuals' satisfaction with their jobs despite lower incomes. This paper explores the impact of nonprofit work on life satisfaction more general for the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) and finds a significant positive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011327220