Are Self-Employed Really Happier Than Employees? An Approach Modelling Adaptation and Anticipation Effects to Self-Employment and General Job Changes
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- Dominik Hanglberger & Joachim Merz, 2011. "Are Self-Employed Really Happier than Employees?: An Approach Modelling Adaptation and Anticipation Effects to Self-Employment and General Job Changes," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 376, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
- Hanglberger, Dominik & Merz, Joachim, 2011. "Are Self-Employed Really Happier Than Employees? An Approach Modelling Adaptation and Anticipation Effects to Self-Employment and General Job Changes," IZA Discussion Papers 5629, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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Keywords
job satisfaction; self-employment; hedonic treadmill model; adaptation; anticipation; fixed-effects panel estimations; German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP);All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
- J28 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
- J81 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Working Conditions
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENT-2011-05-14 (Entrepreneurship)
- NEP-HAP-2011-05-14 (Economics of Happiness)
- NEP-HRM-2011-05-14 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LAB-2011-05-14 (Labour Economics)
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