Downshifters are people who make a voluntary decision to reduce their income in order to improve the quality of their lives. In this study Christie Breakspear and Clive Hamiliton explore in detail the life changes and attitudes of downshifters by way of extensive interviews and focus groups. The study identifies four main reasons for downshifting...

Over recent years a number of papers have used individual or household longitudinal survey data to investigate the rationality of income expectations. In this paper the authors provide a novel contribution to this literature by examining the ability of individuals to correctly predict their own future life satisfaction using longitudinal data for East Germans.

This Research Note looks at trends in working hours, underemployment and overwork.