satisfaction with their actual life satisfaction five years later on. This overoptimism also holds for those entrepreneurs who … reflected in higher working hours than desired and the drop in leisure satisfaction. …

Despite lower incomes the self-employed often report higher job satisfaction. But this increased job satisfaction only … sometimes translates into higher life satisfaction, likely due to the heterogeneous nature of self-employment. By … distinguishingdifferent types of self-employment, this paper sheds light onto why some self-employeds even report lower life satisfaction …

This study examines entrepreneurs' subjective well-being (SWB) in the form of life satisfaction. It presents a … governing factors play a significant role in shaping entrepreneurs' SWB. The individual-level variables such as job satisfaction … business freedom), and entrepreneurs' SWB. The multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression analysis is used to test the …

satisfaction with their actual life satisfaction five years later on. This overoptimism also holds for those entrepreneurs who … reflected in higher working hours than desired and the drop in leisure satisfaction …

satisfaction. Furthermore, we consider the dynamics of work and leisure satisfaction because the balance between work and leisure … is an important element of life satisfaction. Fixed-effects regressions using German Socio-Economic Panel data (1984 …-2012) reveal that switching to self-employment benefits life and work satisfaction. The effects on life satisfaction are weak and …