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Is there a subjective well-being premium in voluntary sector employment?

Kamerāde, D; McKay, S

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S McKay



Abstract

Previous studies have found that employment in the voluntary sector offers a so-called ‘job satisfaction premium’: despite lower salaries, voluntary sector employees are more satisfied with their jobs than workers in other sectors. This paper examines whether voluntary sector employees also experience a subjective well-being premium. Using data from the UK Annual Population Survey 2012/2013, we find that voluntary sector employees do have higher levels of subjective well-being but this subjective well-being premium is not evenly distributed between men and women. Men score higher on happiness and life satisfaction. However, women in the voluntary sector have lower levels of life satisfaction compared with their counterparts in the public sector. We discuss the implications of our findings for policy and practice in the voluntary sector in the UK.

Citation

Kamerāde, D., & McKay, S. (2015). Is there a subjective well-being premium in voluntary sector employment?. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 26(6), 2733-2754. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9545-z

Journal Article Type Article
Online Publication Date Dec 10, 2014
Publication Date Dec 1, 2015
Deposit Date Nov 2, 2017
Publicly Available Date Nov 2, 2017
Journal Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations
Print ISSN 0957-8765
Electronic ISSN 1573-7888
Publisher Springer Verlag
Volume 26
Issue 6
Pages 2733-2754
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9545-z
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9545-z
Related Public URLs http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/journal/11266

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