--- canonical_url: "https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-43/productivity-gains-from-worker-well-being-in-europe/" title: "Productivity Gains from Worker Well-Being in Europe" author: name: "CSLS" url: "https://csls.ca/author/cslc/" date_published: "2026-07-13T08:02:07+00:00" date_modified: "2026-07-13T08:02:07+00:00" post_type: "ipm" summary: "" ipm_issue_period: - "Fall 2022" ipm_keyword: - "2010-2018" - "30 countries" - "Europe" - "Eurostat" - "EWCS" - "job quality" - "job satisfaction" - "labour productivity" - "STATEC" - "worker well-being" ipm_research_theme: - "Well-being and living standards" ipm_country_focus: - "Europe" - "International" - "Luxembourg" featured_image: "https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IPM_50_banner.webp" status: "publish" --- # Productivity Gains from Worker Well-Being in Europe Canonical URL: https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-43/productivity-gains-from-worker-well-being-in-europe/ # Productivity Gains from Worker Well-Being in Europe [Download full PDF article](https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IPM-Issue-43-3-Peroni-Pettinger-Sarracino.pdf) Cite this article × Cite this article as: Peroni, Chiara, Maxime Pettinger, and Francesco Sarracino. 2022. “Productivity Gains from Worker Well-Being in Europe.” International Productivity Monitor, No. 43 (Fall 2022): 41–61. https://www.csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-43/productivity-gains-from-worker-well-being-in-europe/ ## Authors: - Chiara Peroni STATEC Research - Maxime Pettinger STATEC Research - Francesco Sarracino STATEC Research ## IPM Issue 43 Fall 2022 pp. 41–61 ## Related IPM articles [Labour Productivity as a Measure of Technological Change Ulrich Kohli Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 64–81](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/labour-productivity-as-a-measure-of-technological-change/) [IPM Issue 49 Editors’ Overview Andrew Sharpe, Bart van Ark, Paul Schreyer Fall 2025 | IPM Issue 49 | pp. 1–2](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-49/) [Accounting for the Decline of Canada’s Real GDP Per Capita since Mid-2022 Philip Smith Spring 2024 | IPM Issue 46 | pp. 83–100](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-46/accounting-for-the-decline-of-canadas-real-gdp-per-capita-since-mid-2022/) [Cracking the Productivity Code: An International Comparison of UK Productivity John Van Reenen, Xuyi Yang Spring 2024 | IPM Issue 46 | pp. 60–82](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-46/cracking-the-productivity-code-an-international-comparison-of-uk-productivity/) [Intangible Capital, TFP Growth and Green Shoots in New Productivity Data Filippo Bontadini, Carol Corrado, Jonathan Haskel, Massimiliano Iommi, Cecilia Jona-Lasinio, Tsutomu Miyagawa Spring 2024 | IPM Issue 46 | pp. 3–37](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-46/intangible-capital-tfp-growth-and-green-shoots-in-new-productivity-data/) [Productivity Growth and Spillovers across European and American Industries: A Global Value Perspective Based on EU KLEMS Weilin Liu, Qian Cheng, Robin Sickles Fall 2022 | IPM Issue 43 | pp. 86–109](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-43/productivity-growth-and-spillovers-across-european-and-american-industries-a-global-value-perspective-based-on-eu-klems/) [Appendix: DEA Mathematical Formulation for Productive Well-Being Charles-Henri DiMaria, Chiara Peroni, Francesco Sarracino Fall 2022 | IPM Issue 43 | pp. 29–32](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-43/appendix-dea-mathematical-formulation-for-productive-well-being/) [From Economic Productivity to Productive Well-Being: The Role of Life Satisfaction and Adjusted Net Savings Charles-Henri DiMaria, Chiara Peroni, Francesco Sarracino Fall 2022 | IPM Issue 43 | pp. 62–80](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-43/from-economic-productivity-to-productive-well-being-the-role-of-life-satisfaction-and-adjusted-net-savings/) [Appendix: Job Quality Index Construction and Additional Regression Results Chiara Peroni, Maxime Pettinger, Francesco Sarracino Fall 2022 | IPM Issue 43 | pp. 31–41](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-43/appendix-job-quality-index-construction-and-additional-regression-results/) [Statistical Appendix: Well-being Efficiency Scores Francesco Sarracino, Kelsey O’Connor Fall 2022 | IPM Issue 43 | pp. 1–3](https://csls.ca/ipm-archive/ipm-issue-43/statistical-appendix-well-being-efficiency-scores/) ## Abstract ## Résumé EN FR Copy link Email LinkedIn Using matched data from the European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS 2010 and 2015 waves) and Eurostat Structural Business Statistics for 30 European countries (68 industries), this article finds that industries where worker well-being is higher — measured by job satisfaction and a multidimensional job quality index — have higher levels of labour productivity. This implies that well-being in the workplace contributes to aggregate productivity, and that policies fostering worker well-being can contribute to productivity growth. À l’aide de données couplées de l’Enquête européenne sur les conditions de travail (EWCS 2010 et 2015) et des statistiques structurelles sur les entreprises d’Eurostat pour 30 pays européens (68 industries), cet article constate que les industries où le bien-être des travailleurs est plus élevé — mesuré par la satisfaction au travail et un indice multidimensionnel de la qualité de l’emploi — affichent des niveaux de productivité du travail plus élevés. Cela implique que le bien-être au travail contribue à la productivité globale, et que les politiques favorisant le bien-être des travailleurs peuvent contribuer à la croissance de la productivité. [Download full PDF](https://csls.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IPM-Issue-43-3-Peroni-Pettinger-Sarracino.pdf)