This article explores the relationship between time and well-being as a social policy question. Although the research on time and well-being is extensive, few have dealt with them together from a comparative institutional perspective. Based on data from the third European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) of 2012, regarding 34 mostly European countries, in different welfare regimes, we explore two issues: (1) What are the effects of welfare regimes on the uses of time and subjective well-being? and (2) What are the effects of different uses of time on subjective well-being? We find that the institutional structure – the welfare regime – affects the way people use their time. Furthermore, the findings documented that uses of time have a direct effect on well-being when controlling for individual level as well as country-level variables. These findings may have important implications for policymaking.

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时间和福祉，一种制度性的比较观点：是时候探讨时间政策的概念了吗？

本文探讨了作为社会政策问题的时间与幸福之间的关系。尽管对时间和福祉的研究非常广泛，但很少有人从比较制度的角度来一起研究它们。基于2012年第三次欧洲生活质量调查（EQLS）的数据，该研究针对34个主要处于不同福利制度的欧洲国家，我们探讨了两个问题：（1）福利制度对时间使用和主观使用的影响如何？福利？（2）时间的不同使用对主观幸福感有何影响？我们发现，体制结构（福利制度）会影响人们利用时间的方式。此外，研究结果表明，控制个人水平和国家水平的变量时，时间的使用对幸福感有直接影响。