Life satisfaction, skills diffusion, and the Japan Paradox: Toward multidisciplinary research on the skills trap.

Autor/in	Araki, Satoshi
Titel	Life satisfaction, skills diffusion, and the Japan Paradox: Toward multidisciplinary research on the skills trap. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Lebenszufriedenheit, Qualifikationsverbreitung und das Japan-Paradoxon: Ein Beitrag zur multidisziplinären Forschung über die Qualifikationsfalle.
Quelle	In: International journal of comparative sociology, 64 (2022) 3, S. 278-299 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1745-2554
DOI	10.1177/00207152221124812
Schlagwörter	Bildungsniveau; Soziale Situation; Zufriedenheit; Kultureinfluss; Bevölkerung; Japan; Sozialstruktur; Welt; Soziale Situation; Auswirkung; Internationaler Vergleich; Zufriedenheit; Bildungsniveau; Humankapital; Sozialstruktur; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Humankapital; Internationaler Vergleich; Auswirkung; Welt; Bevölkerung; Hoch Qualifizierter; Japan
Abstract	"Recent research argues skills are the key to socio-economic success for individuals and societies, ranging from labor market outcomes to non-economic well-being. Drawing on these arguments, this study re-examines the linkage between the skills level of societies and people's life satisfaction (LS), using the joint European Values Study-World Values Survey data for 48,930 individuals in 32 countries. Multilevel regressions confirm the positive association between these two variables, as suggested by the literature. However, there exists one outlier where the average LS score is markedly low despite its high skills level: Japan. Examining the mechanism behind this overall cross-national trend and Japan's peculiar position-Japan Paradox-is a promising agenda for future multidisciplinary research, as it may reflect not only the favorable link between skills and LS but the hidden socio-economic structure-Skills Trap-that prevents highly skilled people from enjoying better well-being even under seemingly well-developed social conditions." The study refers to the period 2021-2021. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku)..
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2023/1