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Sex, Race, and Job Satisfaction among Highly Educated Workers
Hersch, Joni; Xiao, Jean - 2015
There has been a considerable amount of work focusing on job satisfaction and sex, generally finding that women are more satisfied than men despite having objectively worse job conditions. But there is little evidence on whether job satisfaction differs by race or ethnicity. We use data from the...
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Born abroad and educated here: Examining the impacts of education and skill mismatch among immigrant graduates in Europe
McGuinness, Seamus; Byrne, Delma - In: IZA Journal of Migration 4 (2015), pp. 1-30
This paper examines the wage and job satisfaction effects of over-education and overskilling among migrants graduating from EU-15 based universities in 2005. Female migrants with shorter durations of domicile were found to have a higher likelihood of overskilling. Newly arrived migrants incurred...
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Preferences, gender segregation and affirmative action
Sloane, Peter J.; Grazier, Suzanne; Jones, Richard J. - 2005
In the UK concern has been expressed over the degree of gender occupational segregation. Though there are no general … focus on gender differences in work preferences in relation to job satisfaction, risk aversion and self employment, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267361
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Part-time work, gender and job satisfaction: evidence from a developing country
López Bóo, Florencia; Madrigal, Lucia; Pagés, Carmen - 2009
This paper investigates the relationship between part-time work and job satisfaction using a recent household survey from Honduras. In contrast to previous work for developed countries, this paper does not find a preference for part-time work among women. Instead, both women and men tend to...
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The paradox of declining female happiness
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2009
a gender gap in happiness in which women in the 1970s typically reported higher subjective well-being than did men …. These declines have continued and a new gender gap is emerging - one with higher subjective well-being for men. …
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Job mismatches and labour market outcomes
Mavromaras, Kostas; McGuinness, Séamus; O'Leary, Nigel; … - 2009
Interpretation of the phenomenon of graduate overeducation remains problematical. In an attempt to resolve at least some of the issues this paper makes use of the panel element of the HILDA survey, distinguishing between four possible combinations of education/skills mismatch. For men we find a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277682
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Part-time work, gender and job satisfaction: Evidence from a developing country
López Bóo, Florencia; Madrigal, Lucia; Pagés, Carmen - 2009
This paper investigates the relationship between part-time work and job satisfaction using a recent household survey from Honduras. In contrast to previous work for developed countries, this paper does not find a preference for part-time work among women. Instead, both women and men tend to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278219
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Working from Home, COVID-19 and Job Satisfaction
Laß, Inga; Vera-Toscano, Esperanza; Wooden, Mark - 2023
This paper examines the impact of the growth in the incidence of working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic on workers' job satisfaction. Using longitudinal data collected in 2019 and 2021 as part of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, fixed-effects models...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296763
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How perceived organizational support, identification with organization and work engagement influence job satisfaction: A gender-based perspective
Mascarenhas, Carla; Galvão, Anderson Rei; Marques, … - In: Administrative Sciences 12 (2022) 2, pp. 1-15
perceived organizational support on job satisfaction and how these issues vary with gender. Data were collected in a public … job satisfaction differently in terms of gender. The findings of this study contribute to the body of empirical knowledge … identification with the organization, varies by gender. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014333016
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We've Got You Covered: Employer and Employee Responses to Dobbs v. Jackson
Adrjan, Pawel; Gudell, Svenja; Nix, Emily; Shrivastava, … - 2023
Following the June 24, 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court ruling, which overturned the federal right to abortion established in Roe v. Wade, hundreds of employers publicly announced policies covering out-of-state employee travel for abortions and related care. Leveraging data from Indeed and...
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