This study investigates the effect of absolute income and relative income on health in the light of medical evidence indicating that the individual's position in the social hierarchy undermines his or her mental and physical health. It uses an instrumental variable estimation methodology that...

The literature on job mobility patterns and search behaviour has highlighted significant gender differences. Women on average appear to suffer a higher risk of redundancy or dismissal, they exhibit a lesser commitment to the labour market activity, and they are relatively less mobile than men...

Theories of interdependent preferences predicts that the effect of peer earnings on individual well-being is either negative, the relative deprivation, or positive the cognitive effect. The evidence so far has attributed the dominance of each of the above effects on the country's economic and...

This study attempts to uncover the 'real' impact of temporary contracts on workers' perceived job quality, prior to the psychological phenomena of adaptation, coping and cognitive dissonance coming into play. This is done by using a novel conjoint analysis approach that examines the ex ante...

Using an econometric procedure that corrects for both self-selection of individuals into their preferred compensation scheme and wage endogeneity, this study investigates whether significant differences exist in the job satisfaction of individuals receiving performance-related pay (PRP) compared...

This study investigates the differences in perceived job quality exist among high and low-paid workers in Greece by using self-reported job satisfaction to proxy the overall quality of work as perceived by the individual worker. It is shown that low-paid workers in Greece seem to suffer from a...

The increasing interest in incentive pay schemes in recent years has raised concerns regarding their potential damaging effect on intrinsic job satisfaction, or the security of employment. This study explores the impact of both individual and gain-sharing incentives on the overall job...