Hello, Sir.

I found this article about that.

Millán, José María, et al. "Determinants of job satisfaction: a European comparison of self-employed and paid employees." Small Business Economics 40.3 (2013): 651-670.

Abstract: This paper investigates the determinants of self-employment survival in Europe in  two stages. The first one focuses on the effect of variables at the individual level, while the  second raises questions regarding specific regional factors through the introduction of  macro variables. In conducting this analysis, discrete choice models, including both single  and competing risks frameworks, are applied to data drawn from the European Community  Household Panel from 1994 to 2001. Different destination states are considered: paid ...

Kinds Regards.

Hi Maria,

  Below are some nice reviews/studies on the topic that I have found helpful (though some are focused on well-being generally):

Allen, J., & Van der Velden, R. (2001). Educational mismatches versus skill mismatches: effects on wages, job satisfaction, and on‐the‐job search. Oxford economic papers, 53(3), 434-452.

Blanchflower, D. G., & Oswald, A. J. (2004). Well-being over time in Britain and the USA. Journal of public economics, 88(7), 1359-1386.

Dolan, P., Peasgood, T., & White, M. (2008). Do we really know what makes us happy? A review of the economic literature on the factors associated with subjective well-being. Journal of economic psychology, 29(1), 94-122.

Judge, T. A., & Hurst, C. (2008). How the rich (and happy) get richer (and happier): relationship of core self-evaluations to trajectories in attaining work success. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93(4), 849.

Ng, T. W., Eby, L. T., Sorensen, K. L., & Feldman, D. C. (2005). Predictors of objective and subjective career success: A meta‐analysis. Personnel psychology, 58(2), 367-408.

Article Well-Being Over Time

Article Educational Mismatches versus Skill Mismatches: Effects on W...

Article How the Rich (and Happy) Get Richer (and Happier): Relations...

Article Do We Really Know What Makes Us Happy? A Review of the Econo...

Article Predictors of Objective and Subjective Career Success: A Meta-Analysis

Thank you very much Joanna. I will read the articles you recommend me.

Regards,

María