Job Satisfaction of Wage and Self-Employed workers. Do preferences make a difference?
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Keywords
job satisfaction; preferences; self-employment; wage employment; entrepreneurship;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J28 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
- L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENT-2015-07-11 (Entrepreneurship)
- NEP-HAP-2015-07-11 (Economics of Happiness)
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