This chapter analyzes legal implications of subjective well-being (SWB) research. Law can and should learn much from SWB research because the law can and should care about people's SWB. An incomplete list of legal doctrinal and subject areas in which law professors have applied SWB research...

The happiness revolution is coming to legal scholarship. Based on empirical data about the how and why of positive emotions, legal scholars are beginning to suggest reforms to legal institutions. In this article we aim to redirect and slow down this revolution. One of their first targets of...

The purpose in the present paper is to use individual panel data in the European Community Household Panel to analyse the impact on self-reported satisfaction from a number of economic and demographic variables. The paper contributes to the ongoing discussion of the relationship between life...

The aim of this paper is to provide fresh empirical evidence on the mechanisms through which wage inequality affects worker satisfaction.Theoretically, the wages of others may affect workers' utility for two main reasons: Workers may derive well-being from their social status (the comparison...

This research identifies factors that influence the level of job satisfaction of operating and administrative workers in the metal working industry located in Frontera, Coahuila. The objective is to provide company management suggestions for change, strengthening and improving the organizational...

To examine the influence of working hours on employees' satisfaction, this article uses a large, representative set of panel data from German households (GSOEP). The results show that high working hours and overtime in general do not lead to decreased satisfaction. Rather, increasing working...

The aim of this paper is to provide fresh empirical evidence on the mechanisms through which wage inequality affects worker satisfaction.Theoretically, the wages of others may affect workers' utility for two main reasons: Workers may derive well-being from their social status (the comparison...

The paper uses 18 waves of BHPS data to provide evidence of the roles of both own social status and upward mobility relative to one's parents on job and life satisfaction, preferences for redistribution, pro-public sector attitudes and voting. Both own social status and greater mobility with...

Der Anteil von Homeoffice lag in Deutschland vor Beginn der Corona-Pandemie auf einem international vergleichsweise niedrigen Niveau. Mit der vorübergehend eingeführten Pflicht zum Homeoffice im Jahr 2021 hat die Debatte über die Zukunft der Arbeitswelt deutlich an Dynamik gewonnen. Dieser...

This work identifies factors that determine organizational climate in small enterprises in industry metal – mechanics of Monclova and Frontera, Coahuila. The objective is to provide them a proposal with recommendations and contribute to achievement of their strategies management. We carried...