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Working Time Preferences, Hours Mismatch and Well-Being of Couples : Are There Spillovers?
Wunder, Christoph - 2012
satisfaction are used as an empirical approximation of true wellbeing. Our results indicate that well-being is generally lower …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099785
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Working Time Preferences, Hours Mismatch and Well-Being of Couples : Are There Spillovers?
Wunder, Christoph - 2012
satisfaction are used as an empirical approximation of true wellbeing. Our results indicate that well-being is generally lower …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013101057
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Keeping up with the Joneses : income comparisons and labour supply ; conference paper
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2013 - Preliminary version August 07, 2013
We investigate whether working time is related to the intensity of income comparisons and relative income. Our simple theoretical model demonstrates that the effects of relative income concerns depend on whether an individual can choose contractual working hours and/or overtime. In the empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337852
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Working hours, work identity and subjective wellbeing
Bryan, Mark; Nandi, Alita - 2015
to investigate the interplay of work identity and hours of work in determining subjective wellbeing (job satisfaction …, job-related anxiety and depression, and life satisfaction). We find that for a given level of hours, having a stronger … depression rather than reported satisfaction. The relationships between hours and wellbeing are generally strengthened when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011434156
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Conspicuous work : peer working time, labour supply and happiness for male workers
Collewet, Marion; Grip, Andries de; Koning, Jaap de - 2015
This paper uncovers 'conspicuous work' as a new form of status seeking that can explain social interactions in labour supply. We analyse how peer working time relates to both labour supply and happiness for Dutch male workers. Using a unique measure of peer weekly working time, we find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513326
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My baby takes the morning train : gender identity, fairness, and relative labor supply within households
Lepinteur, Anthony; Fleche, Sarah; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2016
that life satisfaction is significantly lower among women whose work hours exceed their partners, holding the share of wife …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594073
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Work Hours and Worker Happiness in the US : Weekly Hours, Hours Preferences and Schedule Flexibility
Golden, Lonnie; Okulicz-Kozaryn, Adam - 2015
This research explores the relationship between three different dimensions of work hours with individuals’ reported level of happiness — its duration, mismatch with preferences and flexibility over its timing. Using pooled data from the US General Social Survey (1972-2012) and two of its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014138156
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Government transfers, work and wellbeing : evidence from the Russian old-age pension
Grogan, Louise Anne; Summerfield, Fraser - 2018
This paper examines the impacts of a large and anticipated government transfer, the Russian old-age pension, on labor supply, home production and subjective wellbeing. The discontinuity in eligibility at pension age is exploited for inference. The 2006-2011 Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011949564
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Older workers and working time
Bell, David N. F.; Rutherford, Alasdair C. - 2013
Contrary to much of the established literature, this paper finds that though many older workers would prefer to reduce their working hours (the overemployed), there is a significant group who would like to work longer hours (the underemployed). And contrary to the assumption that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009786943
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Labour supply, life satisfaction, and the (dis)utility of work
Rätzel, Steffen - In: The Scandinavian journal of economics 114 (2012) 4, pp. 1160-1181
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009744349