Peer salaries and employee satisfaction in the workplace

We explore the relationship between reported job satisfaction and own wage, relative wage and average comparison group wage; allowing for asymmetry in these responses across genders. We find that the choice of relevant comparison group is affected by gender in Britain; men display behaviour characteristic of competitiveness whilst women do not.

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Mumford, Karen A. ; Smith, Peter N.
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	Arbeitszufriedenheit \| Lohnstruktur \| Lohndifferenzierung \| Geschlecht \| Großbritannien \| job satisfaction \| earnings \| gender \| segregation \| workplace

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Series:	IZA Discussion Papers ; 6673
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	719122856 [GVK] hdl:10419/62566 [Handle]
Classification:	J3 - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs ; J7 - Discrimination ; J28 - Safety; Accidents; Industrial Health; Job Satisfaction, Related Public Policy
Source:	EconStor

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