Productivity Gains from Worker Well-Being in Europe

Chiara Peroni (), Maxime Pettinger () and Francesco Sarracino

International Productivity Monitor, 2022, vol. 43, 41-61

Abstract: This article investigates the relationship between well-being in the workplace and labour productivity using a combined dataset covering the business economies of 30 European countries. The dataset combines information on working conditions and on the structure and performance of industries in manufacturing, construction and services. Data are sourced from representative surveys on individuals’ working conditions and official structural business statistics. Regressions of labour productivity on measures of worker wellbeing — job satisfaction and a multidimensional index of job quality — provide evidence that a link between the two variables operates at the aggregate level: industries where worker well-being is higher have higher levels of labour productivity. This result implies that well-being in the workplace is not just desirable in itself, but it also contributes to labour productivity. This is relevant to firms, managers, unions, and policy makers as policies that foster worker well-being consequently can contribute to productivity growth.

Keywords: Productivity; Well-Being (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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