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Misery of work second only to illness: UK evidence

27 July 2016

British people are at their least happy while at work - except when they are sick in bed - according to a study forthcoming in the Economic Journal. The researchers Alex Bryson and George MacKerron analysed more than a million responses uploaded to a smartphone app, called Mappiness, that sporadically asks users questions such as how they are feeling, where they are and what they are doing.

This media briefing was published online by the Royal Economic Society on July 27, 2016
Link to the briefing here

Related publications
Are you happy while you work?, Alex Bryson and George MacKerron, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.1187, February 2013
Are you happy while you work?, Alex Bryson and George MacKerron. Article in CentrePiece Volume 18, Issue 1, Summer 2013

Related links
Alex Bryson webpage
Labour Markets Programme webpage

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