Occupational status and life satisfaction in the UK: The miserable middle?
Yannis Georgellis
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Andrew E. Clark
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Emmanuel Apergis
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Catherine Robinson
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Résumé
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.
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
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Occupational status and life satisfaction in the UK: The miserable middle?
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Résumé |
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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.
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Auteur(s) |
Yannis Georgellis
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, Andrew E. Clark
2, 3, 1
, Emmanuel Apergis
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, Catherine Robinson
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University of Kent [Canterbury]
( 300739 )
- Canterbury,
Kent,
CT2 7NZ
- Royaume-Uni
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PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
3
PJSE -
Paris Jourdan Sciences Economiques
( 578027 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
4
University of Huddersfield
( 483403 )
- Royaume-Uni
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Date de publication |
2022-12
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Volume |
204
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Page/Identifiant |
509-527
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Licence |
Paternité - Pas d'utilisation commerciale - Pas de modification
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Public visé |
Scientifique
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Mots-clés |
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Occupational status, Life satisfaction, Occupational mobility
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DOI | 10.1016/j.jebo.2022.10.045 |
UT key WOS | 000886757000006 |
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