minorities and women may be more likely to be on fixed-term contracts than comparable white males. Using three different British … the degree to which women and/or ethnic minorities are more likely to be on temporary contracts and estimate any …

and women from the British Household Panel Survey. We find that men have the highest hours-of-work satisfaction if they … many hours they work. Life satisfaction is influenced only by whether or not they have a job. For women we are confronted … with a puzzle. Hours satisfaction and job satisfaction indicate that women prefer part-time jobs irrespective of whether …