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Work, jobs and well-being across the millennium
Clark, Andrew E. - 2009
This paper uses repeated cross-section data ISSP data from 1989, 1997 and 2005 to consider movements in job quality. It …, subjective measures of job quality have mostly bounced back between 1997 and 2005. Overall job satisfaction is higher in 2005 … than it was in 1989. Last, the rate of self-employment has been falling gently in ISSP data; even so three to four times as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269197
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The great happiness moderation
Clark, Andrew E.; Flèche, Sarah; Senik, Claudia - 2012
This paper shows that within-country happiness inequality has fallen in the majority of countries that have experienced positive income growth over the last forty years, in particular in developed countries. This new stylized fact comes as an addition to the Easterlin paradox, which states that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287588
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Work, Jobs and Well-Being across the Millennium
Clark, Andrew E. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper uses repeated cross-section data ISSP data from 1989, 1997 and 2005 to consider movements in job quality. It …, subjective measures of job quality have mostly bounced back between 1997 and 2005. Overall job satisfaction is higher in 2005 … than it was in 1989. Last, the rate of self-employment has been falling gently in ISSP data; even so three to four times as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005015469
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The Great Happiness Moderation
Clark, Andrew E.; Flèche, Sarah; Senik, Claudia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper shows that within-country happiness inequality has fallen in the majority of countries that have experienced positive income growth over the last forty years, in particular in developed countries. This new stylized fact comes as an addition to the Easterlin paradox, which states that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011252278
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Will GDP growth increase happiness in developing countries?
Clark, Andrew E.; Senik, Claudia - 2011
This paper asks what low-income countries can expect from growth in terms of happiness. It interprets the set of available international evidence pertaining to the relationship between income growth and subjective well-being. Consistent with the Easterlin paradox, higher income is always...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278591
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Who compares to whom? The anatomy of income comparisons in Europe
Clark, Andrew E.; Senik, Claudia - 2009
This paper provides unprecedented direct evidence from large-scale survey data on both the intensity (how much?) and direction (to whom?) of income comparisons. Income comparisons are considered to be at least somewhat important by three-quarters of Europeans. They are associated with both lower...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271306
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Job Security and Job Protection
Clark, Andrew E.; Postel-Vinay, Fabien - 2005
and OECD summary measures of Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) strictness on one hand, and Unemployment Insurance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271938
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Heterogeneity in Reported Well-Being : Evidence from Twelve European Countries
Clark, Andrew E.; Etilé, Fabrice; Postel-Vinay, Fabien; … - 2004
This paper models the relationship between income and reported well-being using latent class techniques applied to panel data from twelve European countries. Introducing both intercept and slope heterogeneity into this relationship, we strongly reject the hypothesis that individuals transform...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276946