Arbeitspapier
Self-employment and Subjective Well-Being
Self-employment contributes to employment growth and innovativeness and many individuals want to become self-employed due to the autonomy and exibility it brings. Using "subjective well-being" as a broad summary measure that evaluates an individual's experience of being self-employed, the chapter discusses evidence and explanations why self-employment is positively associated with job satisfaction, even though the self-employed often earn less than their employed peers, work longer hours and experience more stress and higher job demands. Despite being more satisfied with their jobs, the self-employed do not necessarily enjoy higher overall life satisfaction, which is due to heterogeneity of types of self-employment, as well as motivational factors, work characteristics and institutional setups across countries.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: GLO Discussion Paper ; No. 744
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Entrepreneurship
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
- Thema
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self-employment
entrepreneurship
subjective well-being
job satisfaction
life satisfaction
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Binder, Martin
Blankenberg, Ann-Kathrin
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Global Labor Organization (GLO)
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Essen
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2021
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Binder, Martin
- Blankenberg, Ann-Kathrin
- Global Labor Organization (GLO)
Entstanden
- 2021
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