Hennecke, J. and Hetschko, C. orcid.org/0000-0002-2953-1548 (2024) Do you really want to share everything? The well-being of work-linked couples. Oxford Economic Papers. ISSN 0030-7653
Abstract
Work and family life are crucial sources of human well-being, which, however, often interfere. Our analysis focuses on the specific case of couples that work in the same industry and occupation. Based on the economic theory of assortative matching, we argue that such a work link may foster career success and therefore well-being. Our study examines satisfaction differences between work-linked and non-work-linked partners using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel. We estimate the effects of working in the same occupation and/or industry as one’s partner on life satisfaction and satisfaction in four areas of life: income, work, family, and leisure. Being work-linked is positively associated with income satisfaction and might also slightly improve life satisfaction. High-skilled couples seem to benefit in particular. We also find that work-linked couples enjoy higher levels of income and job autonomy.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Oxford University Press 2024. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
Keywords: | work-linked couples; well-being; assortative matching; dual-career support |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Economics Division (LUBS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 22 Aug 2024 12:30 |
Last Modified: | 18 Sep 2024 14:44 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/oep/gpae036 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:216365 |