Happiness at work

Jan-Emmanuel De Neve and George Ward

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Abstract: Work-life balance is a particularly strong predictor of people's happiness. High degrees of job satisfaction can hide low levels of engagement at work. Happiness helps to shape job market outcomes, productivity and firm performance. And people in blue-collar jobs report lower happiness everywhere in the world. These are among the findings of research on the roles played by work, employment and joblessness in shaping our happiness.

Keywords: subjective wellbeing; employment; job type; job characteristics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-10
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