We use British panel data to explore the link between occupational status and life satisfaction. We find puzzling … satisfaction scores than that of employees in either low- or high-status occupations. This puzzle disappears in panel data: the … satisfaction of any man rises as he moves up the status ladder. The culprit seems to be immobility: the miserable middle is caused …

demonstrate the role of working conditions in the following three domains: overall life-satisfaction; satisfaction with one's job …; and satisfaction with the combination of family and work. The paper also contributes to the ongoing debate on web survey …

correlated with subjective well-being, both in terms of cognitive evaluations (life and job satisfaction) and affect (the …

The paper examines the link between workplace disability (WD) and job satisfaction (JS) in Britain using linked data …

satisfaction with their actual life satisfaction five years later on. This overoptimism also holds for those entrepreneurs who … reflected in higher working hours than desired and the drop in leisure satisfaction …

traditional income data. We find that intergenerational SWB mobility - as measured by subjective wealth and life satisfaction …

takes a first step in that direction by studying the impact of earmarked paternity leave quota on life satisfaction, job … satisfaction, and work-life balance using several policy changes in Europe over the period 1993-2007. We find that earmarked … paternity leave increases life satisfaction by 0.18 on a 10 point scale which is equivalent to a 10.8 percentage point increase …