Working time preferences, hours mismatch and well-being of couples : Are there spillovers?
Faculty/Professorship: | Empirical Microeconomics |
Author(s): | Wunder, Christoph; Heineck, Guido ![]() |
Title of the Journal: | Labour Economics : an international journal |
ISSN: | 0927-5371 |
Publisher Information: | Amsterdam [u.a.] : Elsevier |
Year of publication: | 2013 |
Pages: | 244-252 |
Language(s): | English |
URL: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pi... |
Abstract: | Working time arrangements determine, to a large extent, the successful balancing of work and family life. This study investigates the role of working time preferences and hours mismatch for well-being among couples. The empirical evidence indicates that well-being is generally lower among those with working time mismatch. Particularly underemployment is detrimental for well-being. We further provide first evidence on spillovers from the partner's working time mismatch that are, however, no longer significant once we control for the partner's well-being. This suggests that well-being is contagious, and that the spillover is due to caring preferences. |
Keywords: | Subjective well-being, Life satisfaction, Working time preferences, Working time mismatch, Spillovers |
Type: | Article |
URI: | https://fis.uni-bamberg.de/handle/uniba/2236 |
Year of publication: | 10. October 2013 |

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