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 …

higher job satisfaction is related to a stronger sense of occupational identity in our sample. This relationship is quite … sizable and robust across model specifications, whereas income is not associated with job satisfaction in most models … regard to job satisfaction. …

indicated that a clear hierarchy exists for men in term of how status within the labour market was associated with subjective … life satisfaction. Unemployed men were the least satisfied, followed by men who were not in the labour market, while men in … leadership positions reported the highest level of subjective life satisfaction. For women, no statistically significant …

higher job satisfaction is related to a stronger sense of occupational identity in our sample. This relationship is quite … sizable and robust across model specifications, whereas income is not associated with job satisfaction in most models … regard to job satisfaction …