Are you happy while you work?
Alex Bryson and George MacKerron
Using a new data source permitting individuals to record their well-being via a smartphone, we explore within-person variance in individuals? well-being measured momentarily at random points in time. We find paid work is ranked lower than any of the other 39 activities individuals can report engaging in, with the exception of being sick in bed. Precisely how unhappy one is while working varies significantly with where you work; whether you are combining work with other activities; whether you are alone or with others; and the time of day or night you are working. ? 2015 Royal Economic Society
1 February 2017
The Economic Journal 127(599) , pp.106-125, 2017
https://academic.oup.com/ej/article-abstract/127/599/106/5067823?redirectedFrom=fulltext
This Journal article is published under the centre's Labour programme.
This publication comes under the following theme: Work and wellbeing