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 …

The impact of wage increases on job satisfaction are explored. First, it is empirically established that current job … satisfaction rises with absolute wage level as well as with wage increases. Second, a basic job satisfaction function is …

Despite the fact that worker quits are often associated with wage gains and higher overall job satisfaction, many …

This paper considers the allocation of labour on the French and British markets, using objective wage and subjective … satisfaction data. We show that, in some sectors, workers enjoy both higher wages and higher job satisfaction. We argue that this … reflects labour market wage rents. Perhaps surprisingly, wage rents are typical of the British public sector and permanent …

proportion of ethnic minorities at their workplace. Secondly, white employees? wages should also increase with the concentration … human capital and job amenity variables, though not for females. The white male wage premium for working amongst only ethnic …

1978 and 1996, in ways correlated with changing wage inequality. Satisfaction among workers in upper earnings quantiles … response to a sharp increase in the relative earnings of high-wage men in the mid-1990s. Several hypotheses about the …

employment, or unemployment, or participation, or wage equation) this paper focuses on the quality of job that the migrant …