Types of institutions and well-being of self-employed and paid employees in Europe
利用32个欧洲国家的数据，分析创业准入条件、劳动市场规制、政府质量和腐败感知等制度对自雇者和受雇者工作与生活满意度的影响，发现制度从未对两类群体产生相反影响，且劳动市场制度对福祉作用不显著。
Abstract This paper analyzes the role of different types of institutions, such as entrepreneurship-facilitating entry conditions, labor market regulations, quality of government, and perception of corruption for individual well-being among self-employed and paid employed individuals. Well-being is operationalized by job and life satisfaction of individuals in 32 European countries measured by data from EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC). We find that institutions never affected both occupational groups in opposite ways. Our findings indicate that labor market institutions do not play an important role for well-being. The results suggest that fostering an entrepreneurial society in Europe is a welfare-enhancing strategy that benefits both, the self-employed and paid employees.