Happiness in the arts—International evidence on artists’ job satisfaction

Trine Bille (), Cecilie Bryld Fjællegaard, Bruno Frey and Lasse Steiner

Economics Letters, 2013, vol. 121, issue 1, 15-18

Abstract: Many artists are prone to high unemployment and low incomes suggesting low job satisfaction. Our analysis including 49 countries paints a different picture. On average artists enjoy higher job satisfaction than other employees, mainly due to more autonomy.

Keywords: Job satisfaction; Work-preference; Procedural utility; Artists (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 J28 J31 Z10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2013.06.016

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