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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...
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Going solo: how starting solo self-employment affects incomes and well-being
Cribb, Jonathan; Xu, Xiaowei - 2020
Using a large-scale panel data set, we trace the evolution of incomes and well-being around the entry into 'solo self-employment' - that is, running a business without employees. We find that solo self-employment is used to self-insure against employment shocks: employment rates fall and poverty...
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Helping with the kids? : how family-friendly workplaces affect parental well-being and behavior
Lauber, Verena; Storck, Johanna - 2016
Despite political efforts, balancing work and family life is still challenging. This paper provides novel evidence on the effect of firm level interventions that seek to reduce the work-life conflict. The focus is on how a specific workplace policy, namely childcare support, affects the...
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Helping with the kids? : how family-friendly workplaces affect parental well-being and behavior
Lauber, Verena; Storck, Johanna - 2016
Despite political efforts, balancing work and family life is still challenging. This paper provides novel evidence on the effect of firm level interventions that seek to reduce the work-life conflict. The focus is on how a specific workplace policy, namely childcare support, affects the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011581999
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Does commuting matter to subjective well-being?
Lorenz, Olga - 2017
.g., satisfaction with family life, leisure, income, work, health) and affective (e.g., happiness, anger, worry, sadness) components of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011695194
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Types of institutions and well-being of self-employed and paid employees in Europe
Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina; Wyrwich, Michael - 2019
This paper analyzes the role of different types of institutions, such as entrepreneurship- facilitating entry conditions, labor market regulations, quality of government, and perception of corruption for individual well-being among self-employed and paid employed individuals. Well-being is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011999971
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Types of institutions and well-being of self-employed and paid employees in Europe
Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina; Wyrwich, Michael - 2019
This paper analyzes the role of different types of institutions, such as entrepreneurship-facilitating entry conditions, labor market regulations, quality of government, and perception of corruption for individual well-being among self-employed and paid employed individuals. Well-being is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012006084
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Is envy harmful to a society's psychological health and wellbeing? : a longitudinal study of 18,000 adults
Mujcic, Redzo; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2018
Nearly 100 years ago, the philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell warned of the social dangers of widespread envy. One view of modern society is that it is systematically developing a set of institutions - such as social media and new forms of advertising - that make people feel...
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Self-employment and well-being across institutional contexts
Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina; Wyrwich, Michael - 2018
This paper investigates whether the relationship between a person 's occupational status and well -being differs across countries with varying institutional contexts. We find that the relationship between job - and life satisfaction of self -employed people as well as of paid employees varies...
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