Publication type
Research Paper
Series Number
2009-06
Series
CCSR Working Paper Series
Authors
Publication date
June 1, 2009
Abstract:
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.
Subjects
Link
- http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/publications/working/
Notes
working paper
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