Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/102322 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 8435
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
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.
Subjects: 
work
unemployment
self-employment
employment conditions
anticipation and adaptation effects
happiness
life satisfaction
job satisfaction
subjective well-being
JEL: 
I31
J28
J60
J64
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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