Job Satisfaction and Family Happiness: The Part-time Work Puzzle
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Booth, Alison L.
van Ours, Jan C.
Abstract / Description
Using fixed effects ordered logit estimation, we investigate the relationship between part-time work and working hours satisfaction; job satisfaction; and life satisfaction. We account for interdependence within the family using data on partnered men and women from the British Household Panel Survey. We find that men have the highest hours-of-work satisfaction if they work full-time without overtime hours but neither their job satisfaction nor their life satisfaction are affected by how many hours they work. Life satisfaction is influenced only by whether or not they have a job. For women we are confronted with a puzzle. Hours satisfaction and job satisfaction indicate that women prefer part-time jobs irrespective of whether these are small or large. In contrast, female life satisfaction is virtually unaffected by hours of work. Women without children do not care about their hours of work at all, while women with children are significantly happier if they have a job regardless of how many hours it entails.
Keyword(s)
Arbeitszeit Zufriedenheit Geschlecht part-time work happiness satisfaction working hours genderPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2007
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Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;3020
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Booth, Alison L.
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Author(s) / Creator(s)van Ours, Jan C.
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Made available on2008-06-03
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Made available on2022-11-17T11:03:04Z
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Date of first publication2007
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Abstract / DescriptionUsing fixed effects ordered logit estimation, we investigate the relationship between part-time work and working hours satisfaction; job satisfaction; and life satisfaction. We account for interdependence within the family using data on partnered men and women from the British Household Panel Survey. We find that men have the highest hours-of-work satisfaction if they work full-time without overtime hours but neither their job satisfaction nor their life satisfaction are affected by how many hours they work. Life satisfaction is influenced only by whether or not they have a job. For women we are confronted with a puzzle. Hours satisfaction and job satisfaction indicate that women prefer part-time jobs irrespective of whether these are small or large. In contrast, female life satisfaction is virtually unaffected by hours of work. Women without children do not care about their hours of work at all, while women with children are significantly happier if they have a job regardless of how many hours it entails.en
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Persistent Identifierhttps://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:291-psydok-16263
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11780/1099
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.8976
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Language of contenteng
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Is part ofIZA Discussion Paper Series No. 3020
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Is part of seriesForschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor: IZA Discussion Paper Series;3020
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Keyword(s)Arbeitszeitde
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Keyword(s)Zufriedenheitde
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Keyword(s)Geschlechtde
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Keyword(s)part-time worken
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Keyword(s)happinessen
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Keyword(s)satisfactionen
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Keyword(s)working hoursen
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Keyword(s)genderen
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleJob Satisfaction and Family Happiness: The Part-time Work Puzzleen
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DRO typereport
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Visible tag(s)PsyDok