Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/194229 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
Jena Economic Research Papers No. 2018-005
Publisher: 
Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena
Abstract: 
This paper investigates whether the relationship between a person's occupational status and well-being differs across countries with varying institutional contexts. We find that the relationship between job- and life satisfaction of self-employed people as well as of paid employees varies considerably across countries. Our results indicate that entrepreneurship-friendly institutions in a country are conducive to the well-being of self-employed. Remarkably, the quality of entrepreneurial institutions also increases the levels of well-being of paid employees, but the effect is more pronounced for the self-employed.
Subjects: 
entrepreneurship
institutions
well-being
life satisfaction
job satisfaction
JEL: 
L26
I31
D01
D91
P51
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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