Revisiting Procedural Utility: Evidence from European Survey Data

This research note presents cross-country evidence that job satisfaction is higher for self-employed than for employees. The examination, however, does not stop at this point and examines the reasons why this is the case. Using data on 25 European countries, we can show that individuals seem to derive utility from the way outcomes are achieved. In other words, our results are in line with procedural utility theory (Benz and Frey, 2004, 2008).

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Year of publication:	2012-05-16
Publisher:	Kiel und Hamburg : ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
Subject:	Selbstständige \| Zufriedenheit \| Self-employment \| job satisfaction \| procedural utility

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Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Preprint
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	716348446 [GVK] hdl:10419/57929 [Handle] RePEc:zbw:esprep:57929 [RePEc]
Classification:	J81 - Working Conditions ; L22 - Firm Organization and Market Structure: Markets vs. Hierarchies; Vertical Integration ; L29 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior. Other ; M54 - Labor Management (team formation, worker empowerment, job design, tasks and authority, job satisfaction)
Source:	EconStor

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