This paper asks whether part-time work makes women happy. Previous research on labour supply has assumed that as … reflects preference. This paper tests this assumption by measuring the impact of changes in working-hours on life satisfaction … in two countries (the UK and Germany using the German Socio-Economic Panel and the British Household Panel Survey). We …

This paper asks whether part-time work makes women happy. Previous research on labour supply has assumed that as … reflects preference. This paper tests this assumption by measuring the impact of changes in working-hours on life satisfaction … in two countries (the UK and Germany using the German Socio-Economic Panel and the British Household Panel Survey). We …

The share of non-standard jobs in total employment has increased in Germany over recent decades. Research tends to … development in Germany is a large occupational heterogeneity, which is true for both current working conditions and trajectories … analyses the role of different types of non-standard employment across occupations in Germany, explaining variation between …

personality traits on subjective well-being (SWB). The former effects are assumed to be mediated by the match between women … work-leisure choices indeed matter for women's SWB but the effects are strongly mediated by the job match especially for … younger birth cohorts and higher educated women. Therefore, apart from the impact of genes or personality traits preferences …