We investigate a crucial event for job satisfaction: changing the workplace. For representative German panel data, we show that the reason why the previous employment ended is strongly linked to the satisfaction with the new job. When workers initiate a change of employer, they experience...

This paper provides an empirical analysis of reference-dependent effects of unemployment on mental health. I show that the negative effect of unemployment on mental health depends on expectations about the future employment status. Several contributions to the literature have shown that the...

Dieses Fachbuch beschreibt Chancen und Risiken für Mitarbeitende und Führungskräfte in einer modernen Arbeitswelt. Übergeordnete Entwicklungen wie der demografische Wandel, die zunehmende Digitalisierung und Globalisierung sowie der damit einhergehende Wertewandel verändern die...

Information on the number of interviewer contacts allows insights into how people's responses to questions on happiness are connected to the difficulty of reaching potential participants. Using the paradata of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), this paper continues such research by...