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Women between Part-Time and Fulltime Work. The Influence of Changing Hours of Work on Happiness and Life Satisfaction

  • This paper asks whether part-time work makes women happy. Previous research on labour supply has assumed that as workers freely choose their optimal working hours on the basis of their innate preferences and the hourly wage rate, outcome reflects preference. This paper tests this assumption by measuring the impact of changes in working-hours on life satisfaction in two countries (the UK and Germany using the German Socio-Economic Panel and the British Household Panel Survey). We find decreases in working-hours bring about positive and significant improvement on well-being for women.

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Author:Vanessa Gash, Antje Mertens, Laura Romeu Gordo
URN:urn:nbn:de:kobv:b721-opus4-181
Series (Serial Number):Discussion Papers des Harriet-Taylor-Mill-Instituts (07/12 2009)
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2012/10/15
Date of first Publication:2009/07/01
Publishing Institution:Hochschulbibliothek HWR Berlin
Release Date:2012/10/15
First Page:1
Last Page:33
Institutes:Harriet Taylor Mill Institut
Licence (German):License LogoUrheberrechtsschutz