We investigate the effects of works councils on employees' wages and job satisfaction in general and for subgroups with … move to a firm with a works council, report increases in job satisfaction, but do not receive particular wage increases … support for the hypothesis that the introduction of a works council itself increases wages or job satisfaction for the …

partly by an individual?s absolute wage (say, 30,000 dollars a year) and partly by the individual?s relative wage (say, 30 … economists – predicts that wellbeing is gained partly from the individual?s ranked position of a wage within a comparison set … (say, whether the individual is number 4 or 14 in the wage hierarchy of the company). We report an experimental study and …

higher wages. This evidence can be explained by increased mobility costs associated with higher expected risk of post …

coverage. When individuals move into a union covered job they receive a wage mark-up and express enhanced pay satisfaction …

Promotions ordinarily involve higher wages and greater privileges; but they also often involve increased responsibility … and overall job satisfaction in the short term, and that promotions have short and longer term effects on job control, job … stress, income and hours worked. However, despite these large effects on job attributes, we find that promotions have …

job control. However, contrary to the model, job demands have no adverse effects on worker wellbeing. We find a strong …

-limited disabled. Giving workers more discretion over how they perform their work would significantly reduce these negative effects. …