How Job Changes Affect People's Lives  – Evidence from Subjective Well‐Being Data

Artikel

Starting a new job is able to boost people's careers, but might come at the expense of other areas of life. To investigate individual implications of job mobility, we analyse the effects of job changes on time-use and indicators of subjective well-being using rich data from a representative German panel survey. We find that job switchers report relatively high levels of life satisfaction, at least for the first time after the job change. There is no such ‘honeymoon’ period for job changes triggered by plant closures. Instead, we find evidence for a harmful impact of involuntary mobility on family life.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: British Journal of Industrial Relations ; ISSN: 1467-8543 ; Volume: 59 ; Year: 2021 ; Issue: 2 ; Pages: 279-306 ; Hoboken, NJ: Wiley

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Chadi, Adrian ; Hetschko, Clemens
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Wiley
• (where): Hoboken, NJ
• (when): 2021

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.1111/bjir.12536
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/230212
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET