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Spokojenost se životem a zaměstnáním v České republice
[Life and Job Satisfaction in the Czech Republic]

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  • Martina Mysíková
  • Jiří Večerník

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The article deals with life and job satisfaction of the Czech working-age population. First it highlights concepts of happiness and satisfaction within the emerging multidimensional approaches to individual and societal well-being. Then, it resumes the data sources of those measures, with specific attention to the Module on Subjective Well-being of the survey EU-SILC. Using this data, basic characteristics and determinants of life satisfaction are shown first and basic characteristics and determinants of job satisfaction after that. Finally the relationship between these two dimensions of satisfaction is analysed. It appears that determination of life satisfaction by socio-demographic and economic characteristics of individuals and households is much higher than the determination of job satisfaction. The identity of "contradictory" categories where life satisfaction significantly outweighs job satisfaction and vice versa is weak.

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  • Martina Mysíková & Jiří Večerník, 2016. "Spokojenost se životem a zaměstnáním v České republice [Life and Job Satisfaction in the Czech Republic]," Politická ekonomie, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2016(7), pages 851-866.
    • Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlpol:v:2016:y:2016:i:7:id:1093:p:851-866
    DOI: 10.18267/j.polek.1093
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    Keywords

    life satisfaction; job satisfaction; subjective well-being; Czech Republic;
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    JEL classification:

    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • Z10 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - General
    • Z18 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Public Policy

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