How job changes affect people's lives: evidence from subjective well-being data
"For representative German panel data, we document that voluntary job switching is associated with higher levels of life satisfaction, though only for some time, whereas forced job changes do not affect life satisfaction clearly. Using plant closures as an exogenous trigger of switching to a ne...
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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| Language: | English |
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Berlin
2015
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| Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19112733124919309159-How-job-changes-affect-people-.htm |
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| author | Chadi, Adrian Hetschko, Clemens |
| author_facet | Chadi, Adrian Hetschko, Clemens |
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| description | "For representative German panel data, we document that voluntary job switching is associated with higher levels of life satisfaction, though only for some time, whereas forced job changes do not affect life satisfaction clearly. Using plant closures as an exogenous trigger of switching to a new employer, we find that job mobility turns out to be harmful for satisfaction with family life. By investigating people’s lives beyond their workplaces, our study complements research on the well-being impact of labour mobility, suggesting some positive welfare effects of flexible labour markets, but also a previously undocumented potential for negative implications." |
| format | TEXT |
| geographic | Germany |
| id | 19112733124919309159_2e62b4d6f9d54194b7d30bfec87ceff9 |
| institution | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
| is_hierarchy_id | 19112733124919309159_2e62b4d6f9d54194b7d30bfec87ceff9 |
| is_hierarchy_title | How job changes affect people's lives: evidence from subjective well-being data |
| language | English |
| physical | 27 p. Digital |
| publishDate | 2015 |
| publisher | Berlin DIW |
| spellingShingle | Chadi, Adrian Hetschko, Clemens employment security occupational change quality of working life quality of life well being work-life balance How job changes affect people's lives: evidence from subjective well-being data |
| thumbnail | https://www.labourline.org/Image_prev.jpg?Archive=108097992627 |
| title | How job changes affect people's lives: evidence from subjective well-being data |
| topic | employment security occupational change quality of working life quality of life well being work-life balance |
| url | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19112733124919309159-How-job-changes-affect-people-.htm |