And I Will Try to Fix You: A Study of Heterogeneity in Job Satisfaction with Implications for Flexible Employment Contracts

37 Pages Posted: 8 Aug 2011

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Aekapol Chongvilaivan

Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)

Nattavudh Powdthavee

University of Warwick

Abstract

This paper is an empirical study of slope heterogeneity in job satisfaction. It provides evidence from the generalized ordered probit models that different job characteristics tend to have different distributional impacts on the overall job satisfaction. For instance, standard models tend to significantly underestimate the effects of monthly salary and hours worked at generating the "highly" satisfied workers, whilst lowering the incidence of the "very dissatisfied" workers. Although our results should be viewed as illustrative, we provide discussions of their potential implications for employers and they could help with the design of employment contracts.

Keywords: generalized ordered probit, employment contract, heterogeneity, job satisfaction, salary, work-life balance

JEL Classification: J53, D61

Suggested Citation

Chongvilaivan, Aekapol and Powdthavee, Nattavudh, And I Will Try to Fix You: A Study of Heterogeneity in Job Satisfaction with Implications for Flexible Employment Contracts. IZA Discussion Paper No. 5868, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1906171 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1906171

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