Why study the economy? -- The evolving economy and economics -- Markets as economic institutions : supply and demand -- Governments and nonprofits as economic institutions -- The twin problems of unemployment and underemployment -- The kitchen table economy : keeping up with rising costs --...

We study how working schedule flexibility (flextime) affects happiness. We use a US General Social Survey (GSS) pooled dataset containing the Quality of Worklife and Work Orientations modules for 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014. We retain only respondents who are either full-time or part-time...