Working hours and life satisfaction: finding blind spots from Korean panel data

International Review of Public Administration Pub Date : 2020-12-17 DOI:10.1080/12294659.2020.1853880

H. Lee

引用次数: 2

Abstract

ABSTRACT This study empirically tested the premise of working-hour reduction policies, which is that ‘if working hours are reduced, the life satisfaction of employees will increase,’ and whether the effects of working hours on life satisfaction would differ according to employees’ socioeconomic status, using longitudinal data from the Korean Labor and Income Panel Study for the period 2009–2017. We found that when working hours were reduced, work and leisure satisfaction increased significantly, but there was no significant increase in family or overall life satisfaction. In addition, when working hours decreased, the overall life, work, and leisure satisfaction of employees with higher socioeconomic status showed a significantly sharper increase than that of workers with lower socioeconomic status. These results imply that, in addition to current working-hour policies, additional efforts should be concentrated on employees who are not enjoying the policies’ benefits sufficiently due to lack of resources other than time.

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工作时间与生活满意度：从韩国面板数据中寻找盲点

摘要本研究实证检验了减少工作时间政策的前提，即“如果减少工作时间，员工的生活满意度就会提高”，以及工作时间对生活满意度的影响是否会因员工的社会经济地位而不同，使用2009-2017年期间韩国劳动和收入小组研究的纵向数据。我们发现，当工作时间减少时，工作和休闲满意度显著提高，但家庭或整体生活满意度没有显著提高。此外，当工作时间减少时，社会经济地位较高的员工的整体生活、工作和休闲满意度明显高于社会经济地位较低的员工。这些结果表明，除了现行的工作时间政策外，还应将额外的努力集中在那些由于缺乏时间以外的资源而没有充分享受政策福利的员工身上。

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International Review of Public Administration Social Sciences-Public Administration

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期刊介绍： The International Review of Public Administration (ISSN 1229-4659) is published biannually by the Korean Association for Public Administration (KAPA) to provide a worldwide audience with the opportunity for communication and further understanding on issues of public administration and policy. There will be a triple-blind peer review process for all submissions of articles of general interest. There are no particular limitations on subject areas as long as they are related to the field of public administration and policy or deal with public employees. Articles should be analytic and demonstrate the highest standards of excellence in conceptualization, craftsmanship, and methodology.