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Revisiting the neoclassical theory of labour supply - Disutitity of labour, working hours, and happiness

In empirical analyses, employment status has a substantial influence on individual wellbeing. People without work are consistently less happy, even after controlling for income. This result seems to contradict the standard theory assumption of labour disutility. In this paper, we analyze the impact of working time on happiness. The results show distinct positive utility effects caused by employment ...

Labour Supply, Life Satisfaction, and the (Dis)Utility of Work

In economic theory, it is typically assumed that there is a “disutility of labour”. However, empirical research on subjective well-being has consistently shown that unemployed people are less happy than employed people, even after taking income differences into account. In this paper, we attempt to reconcile both findings. We show that happiness and work hours exhibit an inverse U-shaped relation – ...

Non-formale und informelle Bildung im Kindes- und Jugendalter - Konzeptionelle Grundlagen für einen Nationalen Bildungsbericht (Bildungsreform Bd. 6; insbes. Kap. 8.1.2.3)

Ungleichheit in der frühen Kindheit

The Wear and Tear on Health: What Is the Role of Occupation?

Although it seems evident that occupation affects health, effect estimates are scarce. We use a job characteristics matrix linked to German longitudinal data spanning 26 years to characterize occupations by their physical and psychosocial burdens. Employing a dynamic model to control for factors that simultaneously affect health and selection into occupation, we find that manual work and low job control ...

Regional Redistribution: Applying Data from Household Income Data

Public Child Support to Young Adults Living with their Parents - An international Dynamic Comparison

Das Sozio-ökonomische Panel (SOEP) im Jahre 1994

Funktion und Design einer Ergänzungsstichprobe für das Sozio-oekonomische Panel (SOEP)

Lebenslagen im Wandel - Basisdaten und -analysen zur Entwicklung in den Neuen Bundesländern (Sozio-ökonomische Daten und Analysen für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Bd. 5)