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Would you Value a few More Hours of work? Underemployment and Subjective Well-Being Across Chilean Workers
Applied Research in Quality of Life ( IF 2.8 ) Pub Date : 2021-04-08 , DOI: 10.1007/s11482-021-09941-7
Gabriel Rodríguez-Puello , Ariel Arcos , Benjamin Jara

Underemployment has gained attention in recent years because of its effects on health and well-being (life satisfaction), it is a widespread phenomenon in the labor force that affects not only workers, but also households, companies and governments. This paper explores the relationship between underemployment and subjective well-being for a representative sample of Chilean workers using an ordered probit model. Also, by using different underemployment definitions and a latent class ordered probit model we analyze the observed and unobserved heterogeneity in this relationship. Finally, we assess the monetary valuation of well-being costs by estimating the amount of money that a worker is willing to accept in order to bear the potential negative effects of underemployment on well-being. Our results find a negative relationship between underemployment and subjective well-being, as the average worker is willing to accept an increase of CLP$64,009 (roughly 30.5% of the minimum wage) in her/his monthly wage for being underemployed. If we take into account the observed and unobserved heterogeneity, our results identify a group that is not sensitive to underemployment, while others are willing to accept an increase of CLP$146,622 in her/his monthly wage for being underemployed. Our work highlights the importance of well-being in the workplace and has implications for labor flexibility legislation and the empowerment of workers. Heterogeneous responses to underemployment imply that one-size-fits-all policies to regulate working hours might not suffice.



中文翻译:

您是否愿意多花几个小时的时间?智利工人的就业不足和主观幸福感

近年来,由于就业不足会影响健康和福祉(生活满意度),因此引起了人们的关注,这是劳动力中的一种普遍现象,不仅影响工人,而且影响家庭,公司和政府。本文使用有序概率模型研究智利工人代表性样本的就业不足与主观幸福感之间的关系。另外,通过使用不同的就业不足定义和潜在的有序类概率模型,我们可以分析这种关系中观察到的和未观察到的异质性。最后,我们通过估算工人为了承受就业不足对福利的潜在负面影响而愿意接受的金额来评估福利成本的货币价值。我们的结果发现,就业不足与主观幸福感之间存在负相关关系,因为普通工人愿意接受因就业不足而使每月工资增加64,009加拿大元(约占最低工资的30.5%)。如果考虑到观察到的和未观察到的异质性,我们的结果将确定一个对就业不足不敏感的群体,而其他人则愿意接受因就业不足而增加的月薪146,622加元。我们的工作凸显了工作场所中幸福感的重要性,并对劳动灵活性立法和赋予工人权力产生了影响。对就业不足的不同反应意味着,一种适合所有人的,规范工作时间的政策可能不够用。因为普通工人愿意为自己的就业不足而增加他的月薪64,009加元(约占最低工资的30.5%)。如果考虑到观察到的和未观察到的异质性,我们的结果将确定一个对就业不足不敏感的群体,而其他人则愿意接受因就业不足而增加的月薪146,622加元。我们的工作凸显了工作场所中幸福感的重要性,并对劳动灵活性立法和赋予工人权力产生了影响。对就业不足的不同反应意味着,一种适合所有人的,规范工作时间的政策可能不够用。因为普通工人愿意为自己的就业不足而增加他的月薪64,009加元(约占最低工资的30.5%)。如果考虑到观察到的和未观察到的异质性,我们的结果将确定一个对就业不足不敏感的群体,而其他人则愿意接受因就业不足而增加的月薪146,622加元。我们的工作凸显了工作场所中幸福感的重要性,并对劳动灵活性立法和赋予工人权力产生了影响。对就业不足的不同反应意味着,一种适合所有人的,规范工作时间的政策可能不够用。我们的结果确定了一个对就业不足不敏感的群体,而其他人则愿意接受因就业不足而增加的月薪146,622加元。我们的工作凸显了工作场所中幸福感的重要性,并对劳动灵活性立法和赋予工人权力产生了影响。对就业不足的不同反应意味着,一种适合所有人的,规范工作时间的政策可能不够用。我们的结果确定了一个对就业不足不敏感的群体,而其他人则愿意接受因就业不足而增加的月薪146,622加元。我们的工作凸显了工作场所中幸福感的重要性,并对劳动灵活性立法和赋予工人权力产生了影响。对就业不足的不同反应意味着,一种适合所有人的,规范工作时间的政策可能不够用。

更新日期:2021-04-08
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