Working time preferences, hours mismatch and well-being of couples: Are there spillovers? von Christoph Wunder | ISBN 9783931052997

Working time preferences, hours mismatch and well-being of couples: Are there spillovers?

von Christoph Wunder und Guido Heineck
Mitwirkende
Autor / AutorinChristoph Wunder
Autor / AutorinGuido Heineck
Buchcover Working time preferences, hours mismatch and well-being of couples: Are there spillovers? | Christoph Wunder | EAN 9783931052997 | ISBN 3-931052-99-0 | ISBN 978-3-931052-99-7

Working time preferences, hours mismatch and well-being of couples: Are there spillovers?

von Christoph Wunder und Guido Heineck
Mitwirkende
Autor / AutorinChristoph Wunder
Autor / AutorinGuido Heineck
We analyze how well-being is related to working time preferences and hours mismatch. Selfreported measures of life satisfaction are used as an empirical approximation of true wellbeing. Our results indicate that well-being is generally lower among workers 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. However, the spillover becomes insignificant once we control for the partner’s well-being. This suggests that well-being is contagious, and the spillover is due to interdependent utilities. Females experience the highest well-being when their partner is working full-time hours. Male wellbeing is unaffected over a wide interval of the partner’s working hours.