Despite the well-documented negative impact of working time mismatch on employee subjective well-being, little is known about the extent to which this association can be explained by job quality and how these patterns may differ across institutional contexts. Utilizing panel data from the UK and cross-country data from Europe, the decomposition analyses show that for underemployment, more than half of the negative effects are explained by low job quality, especially poor career prospects. For overemployment, more than a third of its negative effect is explained by low job quality, with poor prospects, social environment and work–life balance being significant contributing factors. This interplay between job quality and working time mismatch on subjective well-being varies notably across different welfare and employment regimes. These findings reveal how job quality dimensions differentially contribute to the well-being of overemployed and underemployed individuals, highlighting the distinctive role of institutional context.

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不同机构背景下的工作时间不匹配和员工主观幸福感：工作质量视角


尽管工作时间不匹配对员工主观幸福感产生了负面影响，但人们对这种关联在多大程度上可以通过工作质量来解释以及这些模式在不同机构背景下如何不同的情况知之甚少。利用英国的面板数据和欧洲的跨国数据，分解分析表明，对于就业不足而言，一半以上的负面影响是由工作质量低下，尤其是职业前景不佳来解释的。对于过度就业，超过三分之一的负面影响是由工作质量低下造成的，前景不佳、社会环境和工作与生活平衡是重要的影响因素。工作质量和工作时间不匹配对主观幸福感的相互作用在不同的福利和就业制度中存在显着差异。这些发现揭示了工作质量维度如何对过度就业和就业不足的个人的福祉做出不同的贡献，凸显了制度背景的独特作用。