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Unemployment is a social problem, intractable for many countries. It is a phenomenon whose resolution requires time and a number of strategic decisions. There is no country that does not have a specific number of unemployed persons for various reasons. Unemployment is a major problem for countries that have gone through certain social changes, unplanned or unwanted situation. The biggest problem have those countries whose economy cannot provide enough jobs for all working-age people. Our country has undergone in the past two and a half decades through various turbulent periods. The result of overall social turbulence is also large variation in the number of unemployed persons. The paper indicates some specific determinants of unemployment in rural areas of Serbia in the period of transition or post-socialist transformation. Based on several indicators, the paper points to the situation and tendencies of development of this phenomenon - unemployment. It is necessary to enable balanced regional development of Serbia, as well as rural areas. In paper we are used next methods: descriptive statistical, analyses and syntheses and information (http://webrzs.stat.gov.rs/WebSite/, 2016). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study utilizes Gallup-ShareCare Well-being Index data to investigate the association between work-related well-being, i.e., job satisfaction, and overall subjective well-being among US workers. Subjective well-being is measured by i) daily positive and negative emotional experiences - happiness, smiles, enjoyment, sadness, anger, worry, and stress (hedonic well-being); and ii) current and future life evaluation (evaluative well-being). The study finds significant positive relationships between job satisfaction and subjective well-being both in terms of higher odds of positive hedonic experiences and increased life evaluation scores after controlling for covariates and other nonwork-related contributors to well-being. Job satisfaction accounted for a 14% increase in current and an 8% increase in future life evaluation scores. The results emphasize that not only the income generated by work but the quality of work is also important for worker well-being. In fact, those without a job had higher well-being than those workers who are dissatisfied at work. This is probably the first study that relates work-related well-being to overall well-being, using a nationally representative sample of US workers. Further, this is one of the few instances where the subjective measure of well-being is used in the occupational safety and health literature.