Dissatisfied with Life but Having a Good Day
Time‐use and Well‐being of the Unemployed
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9718490 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andreas Knabe (0000-0003-1298-0416, Freie Universität Berlin Otto‐von‐Guericke‐University Magdeburg), Steffen Rätzel (Freie Universität Berlin Otto‐von‐Guericke‐University Magdeburg), Ronnie Schöb (0000-0002-6755-2198, Freie Universität Berlin Otto‐von‐Guericke‐University Magdeburg), Joachim Weimann (0000-0002-4500-8247, Freie Universität Berlin Otto‐von‐Guericke‐University Magdeburg) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 120 |
| Issue | 547 |
| Pages | 867-889 |
| Publication date | 2010-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2009.02347.x |
| OpenAlex | W2144569657 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 100 |
| References cited | 39 |
We apply the Day Reconstruction Method to compare unemployed and employed people with respect to their subjective assessment of emotional affects, differences in the composition and duration of activities during the course of a day and their self-reported life satisfaction. Employed persons are more satisfied with their life than the unemployed and report more positive feelings when engaged in similar activities. Weighting these activities with their duration shows, however, that average experienced utility does not differ between the two groups. Although the unemployed feel sadder when engaged in similar activities, they can compensate this by using the time the employed are at work in more enjoyable ways. Copyright © The Author(s). Journal compilation © Royal Economic Society 2010
Art · Demographic economics · Duration (music · Economic growth · Economics · Feeling · Life satisfaction · Unemployment · Weighting · Work (physics · Applied Psychology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Medicine · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology
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