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Beating burnout- identifying bad jobs and improving job quality

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  • Mia Hoffmann
  • Laura Nurski

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To improve wellbeing at work, job quality policy should pay more attention to imbalances in job content and the social environment at work.

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  • Mia Hoffmann & Laura Nurski, 2022. "Beating burnout- identifying bad jobs and improving job quality," Bruegel Policy Contributions 48369, Bruegel.
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    1. Cnossen, Femke & Nikolova, Milena, 2025. "Work meaningfulness and effort," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 119(C).

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