Work, Jobs and Well-Being Across the Millennium

By Andrew E. Clark. Social Science Research Network, 2009

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This paper uses repeated cross-section data ISSP data from 1989, 1997 and 2005 to consider movements in job quality. It is first underlined that not having a job when you want one is a major source of low well-being. Second, job values have remained fairly stable over time, although workers seem to give increasing importance to the more social aspects of jobs: useful and helpful jobs. The central finding of the paper is that, following a substantial fall between 1989 and 1997, subjective measures of job quality have mostly bounced back between 1997 and 2005. Overall job satisfaction is higher in 2005 than it was in 1989. Last, the rate of self-employment has been falling gently in ISSP data; even so three to four times as many people say they would prefer to be self-employed than are actually self-employed. As the self-employed are more satisfied than are employees, one consistent interpretation of the above is that the barriers to self-employment have grown in recent years.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions, Management of Technology and Innovation

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In Economics and Econometrics

1. Robert Metcalfe
2. R. Layard
3. J. De Neve
4. Paul Dolan
5. George Ward
6. K. Ryan
7. E. Diener
8. Erel Avineri

In General Health Professions

1. Robert Metcalfe
2. R. Layard
3. Paul Dolan
4. K. Ryan
5. J. De Neve
6. George Ward
7. Adam McMahon
8. Ying Jin

In Management of Technology and Innovation

1. J. De Neve
2. Paul Dolan
3. Robert Metcalfe
4. George Ward
5. K. Ryan
6. E. Diener
7. R. Layard

Citations in the corpus

• Measuring Subjective Wellbeing for Public Policy: Recommendations on Measures (2011, methodology): “More specifically, SWB could be used to make a strong case for unemployment programmes given the significant hit in SWB associated with any period of unemployment (Clark et al, 2004; Clark, 2010).”
• Measuring subjective well-being for public policy (2011, methodology): “More specifically, SWB could be used to make a strong case for unemployment programmes given the significant hit in SWB associated with any periods of unemployment (Clark et al, 2004; Clark, 2010).”
• ASSESSING MULTIDIMENSIONAL WELL‐BEING: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE I COPPE SCALE (2015, background): “Good working conditions enhance well-being, while poor working conditions and unemployment exert a large toll on overall life satisfaction (Clark, 2010; Harter & Arora, 2010).”
• Measuring Subjective Wellbeing: Recommendations on Measures for use by National Governments (2012, methodology): “More specifically, SWB could be used to make a strong case for unemployment programmes given the significant reduction in SWB associated with any periods of unemployment (Clark et al., 2004; Clark, 2010).”
• Happiness at work (2017, background): “35 See, e.g. Clark (2010).”
• Subjective Well-Being: A General Overview (2009, background): “Diener and Diener (1 996) found that within industrialized societies, most people score above neutral in surveys of well-being. However, international surveys of well-being reveal significant differences in subjective well-being levels (see Diener & Suh, 2000 for a review), which can be explained to”
• INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS AND GROUP PROCESSES (2013, unknown): “For example, Clark (2010) found that self-employment is associated with higher life satisfaction but is declining in economically developed nations.”