Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/121301 
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Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
Papers on Economics and Evolution No. 1503
Publisher: 
Philipps-University Marburg, Department of Geography, Marburg
Abstract: 
Working in non-profit organizations has been shown to be good for individuals' satisfaction with their jobs despite lower incomes. This paper explores the impact of nonprofit work on life satisfaction more general for the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) and finds a significant positive impact the size about more than a fourth of that of getting widowed. This effect is quite uniform across the subjective well-being distribution, and thus exists also for those who are already happy. Shadow prices peg this effect at around 22.000 GBP p.a., nearly the average amount of equivalent net household income in the sample analyzed (which is roughly 27.000 GBP p.a.). The positive effect can be explained by third sector workers enjoying their day-to-day activities more, being more happy (affectively) and feeling that they are playing a useful role in their lives.
Subjects: 
subjective well-being
non-profit organization
life satisfaction
BHPS
job satisfaction
JEL: 
I31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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