Happiness and Work

Annabelle Krause-Pilatus

No 8435, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: The relationship between happiness and work is subject to an ever growing empirical literature in economics. The analyses are mostly based on large-scale survey data to measure subjective well-being. Whereas one large strand of research investigates the effect of job loss and becoming unemployed, another field of study focuses on the determinants of job satisfaction evolving around employment conditions, self-employment, and potential public sector satisfaction premiums. A smaller part of the literature investigates potential driving effects of happiness on labor market outcomes. This article will give an overview about the most significant subareas of research and the empirical literature in economics to date.

Keywords: work; unemployment; self-employment; employment conditions; anticipation and adaptation effects; happiness; life satisfaction; job satisfaction; subjective well-being (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I31 J28 J60 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14 pages
Date: 2014-08
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-hap, nep-hrm, nep-lab and nep-ltv
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Published - published in: James D. Wright (ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd ed., 2015, Vol. 10, Elsevier, Oxord, 515-520

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