Georgellis, Yannis, Clark, Andrew E., Apergis, Emmanouil, Robinson, Catherine (2022) Occupational status and life satisfaction in the UK: The miserable middle? Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 204 . pp. 509-527. ISSN 0167-2681. (doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2022.10.045) (KAR id:97972)
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Abstract
We use British panel data to explore the link between occupational status and life satisfaction. We find puzzling evidence for men of a U-shaped relationship in cross-section data: employees in medium-status occupations report lower life satisfaction scores than those of employees in either low- or high-status occupations. This puzzle disappears in panel data: the satisfaction of any man rises as he moves up the status ladder. The culprit seems to be immobility: the miserable middle is caused by men who have always been in medium-status occupations. There is overall little evidence of a link between occupational status and life satisfaction for women, although this relationship for higher-educated women does look more like that for men.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| DOI/Identification number: | 10.1016/j.jebo.2022.10.045 |
| Uncontrolled keywords: | Occupational status, Life satisfaction, Occupational mobility |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences |
| Divisions: | Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Department of Leadership and Management |
| Funders: | EUR-Oceans Consortium (https://ror.org/02myr0q32) |
| Depositing User: | Yannis Georgellis |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Nov 2022 10:47 UTC |
| Last Modified: | 04 Mar 2024 16:19 UTC |
| Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/97972 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
University of Kent Author Information
Georgellis, Yannis.
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 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7866-8014
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Clark, Andrew E..
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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7004-7654
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Robinson, Catherine.
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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8861-4880
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