Employing Others Is Linked to Wealth and Wellbeing
5th August 2025
A view long held in American political philosophy is that working for oneself is a more desirable state than working for others.
New research on entrepreneurial insights from Gallup, supported by the JPMorgan Chase Foundation and Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, finds empirical evidence to support such ideals about entrepreneurship. Adults who employ others score higher than other groups, including employees and non-employer owners, on a variety of measures — income, wealth, life evaluation and work engagement.