A quantitative synthesis of literature on work status and subjective well being

Haring, Marilyn J.; Okun, Morris A.; Stock, William A.

doi:10.1016/0001-8791(84)90054-x

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“…There is a large literature in psychology showing and theoretically arguing that unemployment is associated with large psychic costs, even when its economic consequences are controlled for (Hayes and Nutman, 1981;Haring et al, 1984;Darity and Goldsmith, 1996;McKee-Ryan et al, 2005). This literature can be traced back to over two centuries ago (Fryer, 2001) - Eisenberg and Lazarsfeld (1938) is an early empirical study.…”

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Does a Protestant work ethic exist? Evidence from the well-being effect of unemployment

Hoorn¹,

Maseland

2013

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

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This article appeared in a journal published by Elsevier. The attached copy is furnished to the author for internal non-commercial research and education use, including for instruction at the authors institution and sharing with colleagues.Other uses, including reproduction and distribution, or selling or licensing copies, or posting to personal, institutional or third party websites are prohibited. Evidence on Weber's original thesis on a Protestant work ethic is ambiguous and relies on questionable measures of work attitudes. We test the relation between Protestantism and work attitudes using a novel method, operationalizing work ethic as the effect of unemployment on individuals' subjective well-being. Analyzing a sample of 150,000 individuals from 82 societies, we find strong support for a Protestant work ethic: unemployment hurts Protestants more and hurts more in Protestant societies. Whilst the results shed new light on the Protestant work ethic debate, the method has wider applicability in the analysis of attitudinal differences.

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Section: Measuring the Work Ethicmentioning

confidence: 99%

Does a Protestant work ethic exist? Evidence from the well-being effect of unemployment

Hoorn¹,

Maseland

2013

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

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“…Men are less likely than women to agree with the statement ''If I could live my life again, I would change almost nothing''. There currently is no consensus in the literature on the nature of differences in subjective well-being by sex, as some studies have shown higher levels of happiness for men (Haring et al 1984) which could be related to higher prevalence of depression in women than men (Diener et al 1999), while others have found that women report higher happiness (Alesina et al 2004), and yet other studies have found no evidence of gender effects on subjective well-being (Louis and Zhao 2002;Dolan et al 2008). Interactions between gender and education, income and having a partner did not yield any statistically significant results.…”

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Dimensions of Subjective Well-Being

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We use two waves of a population based survey (the RAND American Life Panel) to investigate the relations between various evaluative and experienced well-being measures based on the English Longitudinal Study of Aging, the Gallup Wellbeing Index, and a 12-item hedonic well-being module of the Health and Retirement Study. In a randomized set-up we administered several versions of the survey with different response scales. Using factor analysis, we find that all evaluative measures load on the same factor, but the positive and negative experienced affect measures load on different factors. We find evidence of an effect of response scales on both the estimated number of underlying factors and their relations with demographics. We conclude that finer response scales allowing more nuanced answers offer more reliability. The relation of evaluative and experienced measures with demographics are very different; perhaps the most striking aspect is the lack of a consistent relation of experienced well-being measures with income, while evaluative well-being is strongly positively related with income.

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“…De la misma forma, desempeñar o haber desempeñado actividades laborales de una forma reciente tampoco parece tener incidencia en la felicidad de las personas sin hogar, aunque entre la población general el desempleo se encuentre vinculado de una forma negativa con el bienestar subjetivo y la felicidad general (Dolan et al, 2008;Haring, Okum y Stock, 1984;Lucas, Clark, Georgellis y Diener, 2003), y se produzca una reducción del bienestar conforme se incrementa el tiempo de la persona en situación de desempleo (Dockery, 2005). En opinión de Schimmel (2009), la calidad de la actividad laboral es una variable importante para la felicidad, de forma que resulta más relevante tener un trabajo de calidad que solamente tener un trabajo (Dockery, 2005).…”

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Diferencias en felicidad general entre las personas sin hogar en Madrid (España)

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ResumenEl trabajo analiza diferentes aspectos relacionados con la felicidad general manifestada por una muestra representativa de las personas sin hogar en Madrid (España), un colectivo de difícil acceso, fuertemente estigmatizado, que vive en situación de extrema pobreza. La muestra se encuentra compuesta por 235 personas sin hogar, mayores de edad, que la noche anterior a la realización de la entrevista habían pernoctado en un albergue para personas sin hogar, en la calle o en otros lugares no diseñados inicialmente para dormir, o que en el momento de la entrevista se encontraran en dispositivos de alojamiento supervisados para personas sin hogar. La información se recogió a través de una entrevista estructurada heteroaplicada. Los resultados obtenidos muestran que cerca de la mitad de las personas sin hogar en Madrid manifestaba ser feliz, observándose que los elementos que en mayor medida ayudan a predecir felicidad general entre las personas sin hogar fueron no sentirse solos o abandonados, no padecer discapacidad o minusvalía, no tener ninguna enfermedad grave o crónica, tener buenas expectativas de futuro, identificarse con alguna creencia religiosa y tener una percepción positiva del propio estado de salud.Palabras clave: personas sin hogar, felicidad general, Madrid. AbstractThis paper analyzes various aspects of overall happiness expressed by a representative sample of homeless people in Madrid (Spain). This group is difficult to access, heavily stigmatized, and lives in extreme poverty. The sample was composed of 235 homeless people, all adults, who had spent the night before the interview in a shelter for homeless people, on the street or in other places not initially designed for sleeping, or who were in supervised accommodation for homeless people at the time of the interview. Information was gathered using a heteroapplied structured interview. The results obtained show that around half of the homeless people in Madrid said that they were happy, while the factors that help to predict happiness to the greatest extent among homeless people were not feeling alone or abandoned, not suffering from any disability or handicap, not having any serious or chronic illness, having good expectations for the future, identifying with some sort of religious belief and having a positive perception of their state of health.

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A quantitative synthesis of literature on work status and subjective well being

Cited by 26 publications

References 15 publications

Does a Protestant work ethic exist? Evidence from the well-being effect of unemployment

Does a Protestant work ethic exist? Evidence from the well-being effect of unemployment

Dimensions of Subjective Well-Being

Diferencias en felicidad general entre las personas sin hogar en Madrid (España)

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