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Buchinger, Laura, Theresa Entringer & Daniel Graeber (2024): DIW Berlin: Zufriedenheit mit Einkommen, Arbeit und Gesundheit unterscheidet sich nach Haushaltseinkommen, Alter und Elternschaft. In: DIW-Wochenbericht, Jg. 91, H. 34, S. 523-532. DOI:10.18723/diw_wb:2024-34-1

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Frederiksen, Anders, Daniel Baltzer Schjødt Hansen & Colleen Flaherty Manchester (2024): Group-Based Incentives and Individual Performance: A Study of the Effort Response. In: ILR review, Jg. 77, H. 2, S. 273-293. DOI:10.1177/00197939231220033

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"Group-based incentives are attractive in contexts where production is interdependent. Prior work shows such incentives increase group performance despite freeriding concerns, yet little is known about the effort response of individuals. Using individual-level data, the authors assess the introduction of group-based performance pay using difference-in-difference estimation. Overall, performance increased by 19%. Nearly all workers contributed to this effect. Further, two-thirds of this effect stems from increased efficiency (more output per unit of time) and one-third from higher attendance. Both incentive and selection effects are present. By leveraging individual-level data, the authors pose new questions and evidence to the group-based incentives literature." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Hohendanner, Christian, Jasmin Rocha & Joß Steinke (2024): Vor dem Kollaps!? Beschäftigung im sozialen Sektor. Empirische Vermessung und Handlungsansätze. Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 111 S. DOI:10.1515/9783110748024

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"Diese Studie bietet eine empirisch fundierte Gesamtschau auf die Beschäftigung in einem der personalintensivsten und am stärksten vom Fachkräftemangel betroffenen Arbeitsfelder in Deutschland: dem sozialen Sektor. Wer das Buch liest, gewinnt ein tieferes Verständnis über Zusammenhänge und die Notwendigkeit, offen über Beschäftigung im sozialen Sektor zu debattieren. Anhand aktueller Daten zeigen die Autor:innen, dass der soziale Sektor im Wettbewerb um Arbeitskräfte schlecht dasteht. Zunehmend fehlen Arbeitskräfte und grundlegende, bislang als selbstverständlich betrachtete Leistungen der sozialen Daseinsvorsorge können immer häufiger nicht mehr erbracht werden. Die Autor:innen zeigen Wege auf, wie soziale Berufe wieder attraktiver und der Kollaps des sozialen Sektors (vielleicht) verhindert werden kann." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku, © De Gruyter Oldenbourg)

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Osterman, Paul (2024): Reconsidering Occupational Internal Labor Markets: Incidence and Consequences. In: ILR review, Jg. 77, H. 3, S. 366-395. DOI:10.1177/00197939241242089

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"What are useful ways to characterize varying employment systems? This article returns to an older idea, Internal Labor Markets (ILMs). The traditional assumption characterized ILMs as the core of the labor market but current thinking argues that ILMs have frayed. Little direct measurement has been carried out, however, and both viewpoints have relied on proxies or case studies. The author utilizes a new survey of employed US workers to provide an estimate of the incidence of ILMs and finds that between 25 and 40% percent of adult workers are in ILMs. The article then elaborates theory regarding the practices of ILMs, a theory grounded in the idea of complementary bundles of human resource practices, and asks what are the correlates of being in an ILM. Findings show that although wages in ILMs are no higher than non-ILM wages, ILMs are positively associated with other aspects of job quality and attitudes across the board." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Adriaans, Jule (2023): Fairness of earnings in Europe: the consequences of unfair under- and overreward for life satisfaction. In: European Sociological Review, Jg. 39, H. 1, S. 118-131. DOI:10.1093/esr/jcac044

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"A large percentage of workers in Europe perceive their earnings to be unfairly low. Such perceptions of unfairness can have far-reaching consequences, ranging from low satisfaction to poor health. To gain insight into the conditions that can attenuate or amplify these adverse consequences, comparative research on the role of country contexts in shaping responses to perceived unfairness is needed. Furthermore, justice theory proposes that both types of perceived unfairness - underreward and overreward - cause distress, but evidence on overreward from representative survey data is scarce and laboratory studies have produced mixed results. Data from the European Social Survey (collected in 2018/2019) offer a means of addressing both of these gaps in the research. Studying the association between perceived fairness of personal earnings and life satisfaction in a cross-section of 29 European countries, I find that both underreward and overreward are associated with lower life satisfaction. This relationship is more pronounced in countries where the equity norm is strongly legitimized and weaker in countries where the trade union density is high." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Bernini, Cristina & Alessandro Tampieri (2023): Much Ado about Salary: A Comparison of Monetary and Non-Monetary Components of Job Satisfaction. (Working paper - Economics / DISEI, Università degli studi di Firenze 2023,06), Firenze, 32 S.

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"We investigate how specific components of job satisfaction influence overall work happiness. We use the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), which includes measures of satisfaction with total pay, job security, the nature of work, and hours worked. Our analysis employs a multi-level model to assess the variations in job satisfaction among different types of occupations. This approach allows for a clear comparison of both monetary and non-monetary aspects of job satisfaction. Our findings indicate that the importance of satisfaction with salary in explaining overall satisfaction is lower compared to other non-monetary aspects. This result holds true even when we narrow down the sample by considering factors such as gender (males or females), employment type (full-time or part-time), further job satisfaction components (available for fewer years), and examining income as a second-level factor rather than job occupation." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Boór, Beata & Bernhard Kittel (2023): Die Jungen wollen nicht mehr arbeiten? Sinnansprüche und Arbeitsethos jüngerer Arbeitnehmer:innen. In: WISO, Jg. 46, H. 2, S. 33-51.

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"Die dargestellten empirischen Ergebnisse zeigen, anders als der mediale Diskurs vermuten lässt, keine relevanten Unterschiede in den Arbeitswerten zwischen den Altersgruppen oder Generationen. In den untersuchten Dimensionen Arbeitszentralität und JobattributPräferenzen zeigen sich ähnliche Ergebnisse und Dynamiken für beide Altersgruppen. Der Lebensbereich „Arbeit“ hat weiterhin einen hohen Stellenwert im Leben der Menschen. Entgegen der in der Einleitung genannten Schlagzeilen ist die Bereitschaft, selbst ohne finanzielle Notwendigkeit zu arbeiten, unter jungen Arbeitnehmer:innen weiterhin hoch und sinkt tendenziell erst mit der Annäherung an das Pensionsalter ab. Gleichzeitig lässt sich nicht nachweisen, dass der Lebensbereich „Freizeit“ für die jüngere Generation bedeutender wäre als für die Gruppe der über 35-Jährigen. Stattdessen zeigt sich altersunabhängig eine hohe Bedeutung dieses Bereichs und eine niedrige Bereitschaft, diesen kontinuierlich der Erwerbsarbeit unterzuordnen. Die resultierende Abnahme der relativen Arbeitszentralität betrifft somit alle Arbeitnehmer:innen und ist nicht auf die jüngeren Generationen beschränkt. Die Ergebnisse für die Dimension der Jobattribut-Präferenzen zeigt außerdem die anhaltend hohe Bedeutung von extrinsischen und intrinsischen Faktoren sowie von Vereinbarkeit zwischen dem Arbeits- und Privatleben. Aspekte wie Sicherheit, gute Bezahlung, Work-Life-Balance und selbstbestimmtes Arbeiten in einer wertschätzenden Umgebung sind somit nicht nur für jüngere Generationen relevant. Wenn allerdings empirisch keine Alters- oder Generationenunterschiede in den Arbeitswerten der Österreicher:innen nachgewiesen werden können, bleibt letztlich die Frage, wieso der mediale Diskurs und die öffentliche Wahrnehmung an den Narrativ eines Generationenwandels festhält. Dafür ist es notwendig, auf andere Studien zurückzugreifen, die das allgemeine Lebensgefühl junger Menschen in Europa untersuchen. Einen Teil der Erklärung liefern Jugendstudien wie die Studie „Junges Europa“ der Tui Stiftung oder die deutsche Shell-Jugendstudie, die aufzeigen, dass Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene inzwischen selbstbewusster sind, klare Vorstellungen davon haben, was sie möchten und weniger bereit sind, sich bestehenden Machtverhältnissen unterzuordnen. Es kann angenommen werden, dass diese Befunde im Wesentlichen auch für Österreich zutreffen. Gleichzeitig treffen sie mit ihrer Bereitschaft, diese Dinge auch einzufordern, auf einen sich verändernden Arbeitsmarkt. Der durch die COVID-19-Pandemie beschleunigte Wandel der Arbeitswelt, gepaart mit dem demografischen Wandel, der anstehenden Pensionierungswelle und einer Verschiebung des Arbeitsmarktes hin zu einem Angebotsmarkt bildet den Kontext, in dem diese erstarkte Emanzipation junger Arbeitnehmer:innen möglich wird. Wie in diesem Beitrag aufgezeigt, sind es nicht die Arbeitswerte der jungen Generation, die sich verändern, sondern ihre Möglichkeiten und Instrumente, ihre Wünsche zu artikulieren und sich dabei zu behaupten." (Textauszug, IAB-Doku, © ISW-Linz)

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Celbiş, Mehmet Güney, Pui-hang Wong, Karima Kourtit & Peter Nijkamp (2023): Job Satisfaction and the 'Great Resignation': An Exploratory Machine Learning Analysis. In: Social indicators research, Jg. 170, H. 3, S. 1097-1118. DOI:10.1007/s11205-023-03233-3

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"Labor market dynamics is shaped by various social, psychological and economic drivers. Studies have suggested that job quit and labor market turnover are associated with job satisfaction. This study examines the determinants of job satisfaction using a large survey dataset, namely the LISS Work and Schooling module on an extensive sample of persons from the Netherlands. To handle these big data, machine learning models based on binary recursive partitioning algorithms are employed. Particularly, sequential and randomized tree-based techniques are used for prediction and clustering purposes. In order to interpret the results, the study calculates the sizes and directions of the effects of model features using computations based on the concept of Shapley value in cooperative game theory. The findings suggest that satisfaction with the social atmosphere among colleagues, wage satisfaction, and feeling of being appreciated are major determinants of job satisfaction." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © Springer-Verlag) ((en))

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Cimpoeru, Smaranda (2023): Impact of income and unemployment on happiness: panel data evidence for European countries. In: Applied Economics Letters, Jg. 30, H. 8, S. 1047-1051. DOI:10.1080/13504851.2022.2035666

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"This study examines the short-run and long-run relationships between happiness and two economic variables, namely income and unemployment. Drawing from a sample of eleven European countries over a time period of 36 years spanning 1985–2020, we find that both income and unemployment have a significant impact on happiness levels. In particular, the results show that higher income leads to higher happiness in the long-run, but the short-run impact is rather weak. Moreover, unemployment decreases people’s happiness levels both in the short and in the long-run, emphasizing the need for European policies directed to job creation." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Gahmann, Amelia (2023): ifaa-Studie: Anreiz- und Vergütungssysteme in der Metall- und Elektroindustrie 2023. Betriebliche Ansätze zur Stärkung der Arbeitgeberattraktivität und Fachkräftesicherung. Düsseldorf, 41 S.

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"Die Sicherung von Fachkräften entwickelt sich zunehmend zum Hauptthema der Personalarbeit. Benefits, finanzielle Anreize und attraktive Arbeitsbedingungen stellen in vielen Unternehmen eine Ergänzung zum monetären Entgelt dar und sind damit Teil einer ganzheitlichen Vergütungsstrategie. Bereits in den Jahren 2017 und 2020 hat das ifaa - Institut für angewandte Arbeitswissenschaft e. V. als Forschungsinstitut der Arbeitgeberverbände der Metall- und Elektroindustrie zwei Befragungen zur Verbreitung dieser Leistungen durchgeführt. Um aktuelle Entwicklungen zu identifizieren, hat das ifaa 2023 mit Unterstützung der Arbeitgeberverbände eine weitere Befragungswelle realisiert. Die Ergebnisse sind eindeutig: Neben einem hohen branchentypischen Entgelt bieten die Unternehmen unterschiedliche Zusatzleistungen und Anreize an, um Beschäftigte zu finden und an das Unternehmen zu binden. Die vorliegende Broschüre zeigt die Verbreitung von Benefits in deutschen Unternehmen der Metall- und Elektroindustrie. Die Ergebnisse werden mit den Angaben von Unternehmen aus anderen Branchen verglichen, sowohl aus der Produktion (Gummi- und Kunststoffherstellung, Papier- und Pappeindustrie, Chemie) als auch aus anderen Sektoren wie den Sozialversicherungen, dem öffentlichen Dienst und Handel . Darüber hinaus zeigen die Abbildungen, wie sich das Angebot zur vorangegangenen Befragung 2020 verändert hat" (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Hoffman, Ryan, Ashwin Kambhampati & Scott Kaplan (2023): Pay equality among heterogeneous agents. In: Economics Letters, Jg. 229. DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111188

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"A principal incentivizes a team of agents to work by choosing performance-contingent rewards. She desires to implement work by all agents as a unique Nash equilibrium. We identify necessary and sufficient conditions under which it is optimal to reward heterogeneous agents equally, and show that increasing inequality in the marginal productivities of agents can either increase or decrease pay inequality. Our results rationalize patterns of performance pay in many labor market settings, including professional sports leagues and the military." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2023 Elsevier) ((en))

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Lydiksen, Nis, Andreas Gotfredsen, Jacob Ladenburg & Helle Stenbro (2023): Job satisfaction and firm earnings: Evidence from matched survey and register data. In: Labour, Jg. 37, H. 2, S. 197-221. DOI:10.1111/labr.12240

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"This study examines the relationship between employee job satisfaction and firm performance in a sample of Danish private sector firms. The study relies on a representative survey merged with administrative data and accounting information for a sample of 1,929 Danish firms representing all economic sectors. The results of this study suggest that the average job satisfaction on the firm level positively affects the firms' pre-tax earnings. The effect amounts to a 7.9% increase per point increase in job satisfaction when job satisfaction is measured on a scale from 0 to 10. Furthermore, the study finds that workers' satisfaction with achievements at the job and their satisfaction with management are specifically related to better performance." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))

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Valet, Peter (2023): Perceptions of Pay Satisfaction and Pay Justice: Two Sides of the Same Coin? In: Social indicators research, Jg. 166, H. 1, S. 157-173. DOI:10.1007/s11205-022-03059-5

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"Individual perceptions of pay satisfaction and pay justice are closely related social indicators. Notwithstanding their apparent resemblance, there are essential theoretical differences between those two concepts. Yet, we know little if people merely consider pay satisfaction and pay justice as two sides of the same coin. This paper theorizes two situations in which people's perceptions of pay satisfaction and pay justice should differ in meaningful ways. First, their pay level should affect people's self-interest and thus have a stronger effect on their pay satisfaction than on pay justice. Second, pay inequality in the workplace should affect people morally and thus should have a stronger effect on their pay justice perception than on pay satisfaction. These hypotheses were tested with linked employer-employee data collected in Germany (N = 2.695). Results of regression analyses with multiple dependent variables show that people's pay satisfaction and pay justice perceptions increased with the level of their individual pay and decreased with the degree of workplace inequality. The pay effect was significantly stronger on pay satisfaction than on pay justice while the workplace inequality effects did not differ significantly. These results suggest that people under specific circumstances differentiate between pay satisfaction and pay justice. Consequently, researchers should consider that their results and conclusions might differ if they analyze pay satisfaction instead of pay justice and vice versa." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © Springer-Verlag) ((en))

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Gaye, Maimouna (2022): Job satisfaction: towards internalizing the feeling of inequality between men and women. In: Applied Economics, Jg. 54, H. 33, S. 3823-3839. DOI:10.1080/00036846.2021.2016589

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"The more pronounced job satisfaction among women is generally observed despite their less favorable work situation compared to men. However, regression analysis alone in a sample of non-comparable men and women may be subject to model misspecification. Our work uses an innovative matching procedure, Coarsened Exact Matching (CEM), to address this issue and analyze the reasons for the differential in job satisfaction between men and women with the same characteristics. Data from the Sixth European Working Conditions Survey are considered including five measures of satisfaction with career development prospects taken as a new measure. The results show that women are more satisfied with job security, while they seem less satisfied with their career development prospects. A similar level of satisfaction is observed between men and women with regard to social relations, overall satisfaction and salary. Exceptionally, the youngest women, or those with higher education, or employed at a higher hierarchical level, or working in male-dominated sectors, expressed levels of satisfaction that were the opposite of the other women. This is likely due to the fact that these women align their job expectations with those of their male counterparts." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Kümmerling, Angelika, Gerhard Bosch, Frederic Hüttenhoff & Claudia Weinkopf (2022): Viel Schatten, aber auch etwas Licht. Die Situation der Baubeschäftigten – Ergebnisse einer Online-Beschäftigtenbefragung. (IAQ-Report 2022-06), Duisburg ; Essen, 24 S. DOI:10.17185/duepublico/76127

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"Eine Online-Befragung unter 3052 Baubeschäftigten zeigt, dass rund jeder vierte Beschäftigte in “näherer Zukunft“ beabsichtigt, seinen Arbeitgeber oder sogar die Branche zu wechseln. Baubeschäftigte beschreiben ihren Beruf als abwechslungsreich, vielfältig und lernförderlich und schätzen die Entscheidungsspielräume. Negativ werden die hohe körperliche Belastung und die Verdichtung der Arbeit durch neue Technologien gesehen. Ein hoher Anteil berichtet auch, dass der Fachkräftemangel in ihrem Betrieb bereits spürbar sei. Die Unzufriedenheit mit den Arbeitsbedingungen insgesamt, den Arbeitszeiten und der Bezahlung ist hoch und stellt einen Hauptgrund für Wechselabsichten dar. Nur gut jeder fünfte Arbeiter ist der Meinung, seinen Beruf bis zum gesetzlichen Renten-Einstiegsalter durchhalten zu können. Arbeiter wünschen sich einen Renteneintritt mit 60,7 Jahren, Angestellte mit 61,7 Jahren. Die Wechselneigung ist nicht betriebsunabhängig: Beschäftigte, die ihren Betrieb für zukunftsfähig halten und die das Betriebsklima als gut einschätzen, zeigen eine geringere Wechselneigung." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Lucifora, Claudio & Federica Origo (2022): Performance-related pay and productivity. Do performance-related pay and financial participation schemes have an effect on firms' performance? (IZA world of labor 152), Bonn, 11 S. DOI:10.15185/izawol.152.v2

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"Richtig gestaltet können leistungsbezogene Vergütungssysteme die Unternehmensproduktivität und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit wirksam steigern. Auf den individuellen Erfolg bezogene Modelle sind mit einem stärkeren Produktivitätsanstieg verbunden, während Gruppenanreize und Gewinnbeteiligung geringere Effekte haben. Allerdings sollten negative Auswirkungen auf die Arbeitsintensität und die physische wie psychische Belastung der Arbeitnehmer nicht außer Acht gelassen werden, zumal neue Formen mobilen Arbeitens den Stellenwert leistungsbezogener Entlohnung eher noch vergrößern werden." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Nikulin, Dagmara, Joanna Wolszczak-Derlacz & Aleksandra Parteka (2022): Working Conditions in Global Value Chains: Evidence for European Employees. In: Work, Employment and Society, Jg. 36, H. 4, S. 701-721. DOI:10.1177/0950017020986107

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"This article investigates a sample of almost nine million workers from 24 European countries in 2014 to conclude how involvement in global value chains (GVCs) affects working conditions. We use employer–employee data from the Structure of Earnings Survey merged with industry-level statistics on GVCs based on the World Input-Output Database. Given the multidimensional nature of the dependent variable, we compare estimates of the Mincerian wage model with zero-inflated beta regressions focused on other aspects of working conditions (overtime work and bonus payments). Wages prove to be negatively related to involvement in GVCs: workers in the more deeply involved sectors have lower and less stable earnings, implying worse working conditions. However, they are also less likely to have to work overtime. We prove that the analysis of social implications of increasing involvement of countries in global production must compare wage effects of GVCs with other aspects of complex changes in workers’ well-being." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Merz, Joachim & Bettina Scherg (2021): Time, Income and Subjective Well-Being - 20 Years of Interdependent Multidimensional Polarization in Germany. (IZA discussion paper 14870), Bonn, 40 S.

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"Society drifts apart in many dimensions. Economists focus on income of the poor and rich and the distribution of income but a broader spectrum of dimensions is required to draw the picture of multiple facets of individual life. In our study of multidimensional polarization we extend the income dimension by time, a pre-requisite and fundamental resource of any individual activity. In particular, we consider genuine personal time as a pronounced source of social participation in the sense of social inclusion/exclusion and Amartya Sen's capability approach. With an interdependence approach to multidimensional polarization we allow compensation between time and income, parameters of a CES-type subjective well-being function, where a possible substitution is evaluated empirically by the German population instead of arbitrarily chosen. Beyond subjective well-being indices we propose and apply a new intensity/gap measure to multidimensional polarization, the mean minimum polarization gap 2DGAP. This polarization intensity measure provides transparency with regard to each single attribute, which is important for targeted policies, while at the same time their interdependent relations is respected. The empirical investigation of interdependent multidimensional polarization incidence and intensity uses the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) and detailed time use diary data from the three German Time Use Surveys (GTUS) 1991/92, 2001/02 and the actual 2012/13. We focus on the working individuals where the working poor requires increasing interest in the economic and social political discussion. The microeconometric two-stage selectivity corrected estimation of interdependent multidimensional risk (incidence) and intensity quantifies socio-economic factors behind. Four striking results appear: First, genuine personal leisure time additional to income is a significant subjective well-being and polarization dimension. Second, its interdependence, its compensation/substitution, ev" (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Böhlich, Susanne & Richard Axmann (2020): Generation Z: A comparative study of the expectations of Gen Z and the perception of employers. (IUBH discussion papers - Business & Management 2020,01), Erfurt, 15 S.

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"Employers currently encounter more and more members of Generation Z - who finished their school as well as university education - without knowing exactly what this generation wishes and needs. This paper verifies current assumptions about Generation Z with a quantitative study in Germany, consisting of two parts. As a first step, members of Generation Z (n = 103) were queried upon their work attitudes while in a second step, company representatives (n = 48) were asked about their assumptions on the adolescents' preferences. Thus, not only conclusions on young adults could be drawn, but also on the (lack of) knowledge about Generation Z of their employers. The prior assumption that the young generation would be difficult to employ inter alia due to their refusal of a work-life blending, lacking career orientation, and inability to take feedback could not be supported. In fact, Generation Z seems to be committed as well as motivated to work for their professional success. Employers showed a decent understanding of their young employees, though there seem to be a couple of misapprehensions." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Farja, Yanay & Ori Zax (2020): Efficiency Wages with Endogenous Monitoring. In: Economics Bulletin, Jg. 40, H. 1, S. 248-261.

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"In the standard efficiency wage model, the monitoring level chosen by firms is exogenous and observable. In this paper, the level of monitoring is endogenized—chosen by firms and unobserved by workers. As a result, firms have an incentive to decrease the monitoring of employees for any given beliefs among workers about the chosen level of monitoring. We show that sufficiently patient firms are able to retain some control over the monitoring level. We also show that high-tech firms monitor their workers more and demand a higher level of effort than do low-tech firms." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Ge, Qi, Eun Jung Jordan, Myongjin Kim & Leilei Shen (2020): Returns to job satisfaction in the presence of horizontal mismatch. In: Applied Economics, Jg. 52, H. 27, S. 2913-2930. DOI:10.1080/00036846.2019.1696941

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"In this paper, we study the relationship among horizontal mismatch, job satisfaction and wages using data from the 2013 Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System (SESTAT). Estimates from 2SLS indicate that 1) field-occupation match in the highest degree has a positive effect on job satisfaction and wages; and 2) controlling for field-occupation matches, job satisfaction has a positive but diminishing effect on wages with a large heterogeneity across different age groups. In addition, we also distinguish between job satisfaction arising from benefits and job satisfaction that is productivity enhancing and find both to have a positive but nonlinear effect on wages." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Hetschko, Clemens, Ronnie Schöb & Tobias Wolf (2020): Income Support, Employment Transitions and Well-Being. In: Labour Economics, Jg. 66, 2020-07-14. DOI:10.1016/j.labeco.2020.101887

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"Using specific panel data of German welfare benefit recipients, we investigate the non-pecuniary life satisfaction effects of in-work benefits. Our empirical strategy combines difference-in-difference designs with synthetic control groups to analyse transitions of workers between unemployment, regular employment and employment accompanied by welfare receipt. Working makes people generally better off than being unemployed but employed welfare recipients do not reach the life satisfaction level of regular employees. This implies that welfare receipt entails non-compliance with the norm to make one's own living. Our findings allow us to draw cautious conclusions on employment subsidies paid as welfare benefits." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2020 Elsevier) ((en))

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Smith, Maria (2020): "We're Worth What We Are Paid": Unravelling the "Paradox of the Contented Female Worker". In: Sociological research online, Jg. 25, H. 3, S. 317-332. DOI:10.1177/1360780419870809

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"Pay satisfaction research has suggested that women are more satisfied with their pay than men, even though, in general, women earn less. This article argues that this body of research has misconceptualised this phenomenon as an issue of women only. It also argues that previous explanations for this gender pay paradox have not adequately explained these patterns of satisfaction. A social constructionist approach to pay satisfaction is proposed which situates satisfaction within the context of structural inequality. This draws upon the scholarly work of feminist scholars and the conceptual ideas of Pierre Bourdieu. This theoretical approach is explored with data from qualitative interviews with support staff at universities in the United Kingdom. This evidence suggests that their pay satisfaction is influenced by beliefs about the “value” of different occupations." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Warren, Tracey & Clare Lyonette (2020): Ungrateful slaves? An examination of job quality and job satisfaction for male part-time workers in the UK. In: The British journal of sociology, Jg. 71, H. 2, S. 382-402. DOI:10.1111/1468-4446.12741

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"Research on part-time work has concentrated over many decades on the experiences of women but male part-time employment is growing in the UK. This article addresses two sizable gaps in knowledge concerning male part-timers: are men's part-time jobs of lower quality than men's full-time jobs? Are male part-timers more or less job-satisfied compared to their full-time peers? A fundamental part of both interrogations is whether men's part-time employment varies by occupational class. The article is motivated by the large body of work on female part-timers. Its theoretical framework is rooted in one of the most controversial discussions in the sociology of women workers: the “grateful slave” debate that emerged in the 1990s when researchers sought to explain why so many women expressed job satisfaction with low-quality part-time jobs. Innovatively, this article draws upon those contentious ideas to provide new insights into male, rather than female, part-time employment. Based upon analysis of a large quantitative data set, the results provide clear evidence of low-quality male part-time employment in the UK, when compared with men's full-time jobs. Men working part-time also express deteriorating satisfaction with jobs overall and in several specific dimensions of their jobs. Male part-timers in lower occupational class positions retain a clear “lead” both in bad job quality and low satisfaction. The article asks whether decreasingly satisfied male part-time workers should be termed “ungrateful slaves?” It unpacks the “grateful slave” metaphor and, after doing so, rejects its value for the ongoing analysis of part-time jobs in the formal labor market." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))

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OECD (2020): How's life? 2020. Measuring well-being. (How's life? 05), Paris, 244 S. DOI:10.1787/9870c393-en

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Corgnet, Brice, Ludivine Martin, Peguy Ndodjang & Angela Sutan (2019): On the merit of equal pay: Performance manipulation and incentive setting. In: European Economic Review, Jg. 113, H. April, S. 23-45. DOI:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2018.12.006

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"Work performance is often difficult to assess thus leaving room for manipulation of commonly-used metrics. We created a laboratory workplace in which we can precisely assess both work performance along with manipulation activities. Using two independent experiments we show that, whenever pay for performance is used, manipulation is pervasive leading to both a waste of organizational resources and a weakening of incentives. By contrast, paying organizational members equally effectively deters manipulation attempts leading to higher organizational production." (Author's abstract, © 2019 Elsevier) ((en))

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Ekinci, Emre (2019): Discretionary bonuses and turnover. In: Labour economics, Jg. 60, H. October, S. 30-49. DOI:10.1016/j.labeco.2019.05.003

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"This paper develops a signaling model to investigate the effects of discretionary bonuses and wage increases on turnover. When the worker's output is not contractible and the firm privately learns about the match quality between the firm and the worker, bonus payments and wage increases can convey the firm's private information to the worker. If the firm credibly communicates favorable information about the match quality to a worker, the worker develops higher expectations concerning her career outcomes at the firm (such as future wage increases and promotions) and, consequently, becomes less likely to separate. The analysis demonstrates that although a wage increase and a bonus reflect the same information regarding the match quality, each serves a distinctly different role in terms of the worker's turnover decision. Specifically, the firm pays bonuses to signal a good match while using wages to respond to competing offers the worker receives. The model yields testable predictions that concern how bonuses are related to wage increases and promotions and how bonuses and wage increases are related to turnover. The empirical analysis based on the data constructed from the personnel records of a large firm in the financial services industry provides support for the model's implications." (Author's abstract, © 2019 Elsevier) ((en))

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Bellmann, Lutz, Olaf Hübler & Ute Leber (2018): Works councils, training and employee satisfaction. (IZA discussion paper 11871), Bonn, 29 S.

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"This paper investigates the role of works councils in job satisfaction. Using the recently developed Linked Personnel Panel, we consider both the direct and indirect impact via further training. Basic estimates on an individual level do not reveal clearly direct effects, but on an establishment level, the existence of a works council increases the average job satisfaction in a company. In more extended approaches, we also find a positive, weakly significant link on an individual level accompanied by positive training with regard to job satisfaction if we control for personal characteristics, working conditions, firm size, collegiality variables and industry dummies. Firms with industry-wide bargaining agreements drive this result. The effects are stronger if the firm carries the training costs and if the share of trained workers within the firm measures training. The direct impact of works councils remains positive but becomes insignificant if Lewbel's instrumental variables estimator is applied." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Gülal, Filiz & Adam Ayaita (2018): The impact of minimum wages on well-being. Evidence from a quasi- experiment in Germany. (SOEPpapers on multidisciplinary panel data research at DIW Berlin 969), Berlin, 45 S.

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"To analyze well-being effects of minimum wages, the introduction of a minimum wage in Germany in 2015 is used as a quasi-experiment. Based on the representative SOEP data, a difference-in-differences design compares the development of life, job, and pay satisfaction between those who are affected by the reform according to their pre-intervention wages and those who already have marginally higher wages so that they are not directly affected. The results show that the minimum wage has significantly positive effects on all considered dimensions of well-being, on average, with an increase in life satisfaction by 0.10 standard deviations (0.15 points on a ten-point Likert scale). Positive effects last at least until one year after the reform. Life satisfaction tends to increase particularly in the region that is overall economically less developed (East Germany). The results hold if those who are not employed anymore after the reform are included in the analysis." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Jones, Daniel, Mirco Tonin & Michael Vlassopoulos (2018): Paying for what kind of performance? Performance pay and multitasking in mission-oriented jobs. (CESifo working paper 7156), München, 40 S.

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"How does pay-for-performance (P4P) impact productivity, multitasking, and the composition of workers in mission-oriented jobs? These are central issues in sectors like education or healthcare. We conduct a laboratory experiment, manipulating compensation and mission, to answer these questions. We find that P4P has positive effects on productivity on the incentivized dimension of effort and negative effects on the non-incentivized dimension for workers in nonmission- oriented treatments. In mission-oriented treatments, P4P generates minimal change on either dimension. Participants in the non-mission sector - but not in the mission-oriented treatments - sort on ability, with lower ability workers opting out of the P4P scheme." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Lazear, Edward P. (2018): Compensation and incentives in the workplace. In: The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Jg. 32, H. 3, S. 195-214. DOI:10.1257/jep.32.3.195

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"Labor is supplied because most of us must work to live. Indeed, it is called 'work' in part because without compensation, the overwhelming majority of workers would not otherwise perform the tasks. The theme of this essay is that incentives affect behavior and that economics as a science has made good progress in specifying how compensation and its form influences worker effort. This is a broad topic, and the purpose here is not a comprehensive literature review on each of many topics. Instead, a sample of some of the most applicable papers are discussed with the goal of demonstrating that compensation, incentives, and productivity are inseparably linked." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Ledic, Marko (2018): Performance pay jobs and job satisfaction. In: CESIfo Economic Studies, Jg. 64, H. 1, S. 78-102. DOI:10.1093/cesifo/ify008

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"In recent decades there have been a growing number of studies that investigated the effects of personal and job characteristics on the subjective well-being on the job. Besides, the empirical findings reveal that workers who are paid on the piece rates exert more effort and earn more than those workers paid an hourly salary. Since the possible effects of performance paying jobs on the well-being of workers stay hidden, we have tackled the following issue by providing the effects that the performance pay job schemes have on job satisfaction. We have used the Korean Labour and Income Panel Survey which allowed us to distinguish between the workers who are paid by performance and those who are paid by fixed rate. We have shown that workers in the performance pay job schemes have a higher subjective well-being on the job than workers who are using the non-performance pay job schemes. The following result holds true even after we have controlled for the level of earnings, attitudes towards risk, and other personal and job-related characteristics. Finally, we have exploited the information on the type of performance pay schemes to analyse how different performance pay schemes affect job satisfaction. The results have shown that workers who are employed on either individual or group or company performance pay job schemes are more satisfied on their job than workers who are paid by the fixed amount." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Lerch, Nils (2018): The causal analysis of the development of the unemployment effect on life satisfaction. (SOEPpapers on multidisciplinary panel data research at DIW Berlin 991), Berlin, 51 S.

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"The long-term negative effects of unemployment, especially on subjective well-being, have been indicated by many studies. Therefore, unemployment and its effects on the individual life course must remain an important challenge for social policy. Many studies have focused on the cognitive component of subjective well-being, i.e., life satisfaction, and have analysed in particular its development during the unemployment period. The trajectory is usually characterized by the effects of anticipation, reaction and adaption. Studies have shown different findings regarding the shape of the effect development. The present study discusses the effect development in greater detail and analyses whether the development of the effect is different depending on unemployment experience using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and applying fixed effects regressions. The findings of this study support a non-linear effect development, which begins with the anticipation of unemployment. The trend can be described by a linear function and polynomials up to the fifth degree. The introduction of a model according to modern causal analysis and the interpretation of the dynamic development of the counterfactual outcomes are the secondary focuses of the study. A detailed discussion of causal assumptions and necessary control variables is needed to reveal the effect of unemployment on life satisfaction. The SOEP provides information about employment status on a monthly basis. This study shows possibilities for using this information for the construction of control groups and treatment groups and analyses with ideal episode patterns." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Mateos-Romero, Lucía & María del Mar Salinas-Jiménez (2018): Labor mismatches: Effects on wages and on job satisfaction in 17 OECD countries. In: Social indicators research, Jg. 140, H. 1, S. 369-391. DOI:10.1007/s11205-017-1830-y

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"This study analyzes the effects of labor mismatches on wages and on job satisfaction in seventeen OECD countries by distinguishing between educational mismatch and skills mismatch. Using data from PIAAC, the results suggest that whereas educational mismatch shows greater effects on wages, the effects of labor mismatch on job satisfaction are generally better explained by skills mismatches. Both phenomena appear to be relevant for understanding the economic effects of labor mismatch and suggest that educational mismatch is not an accurate proxy for skills mismatch, mainly when the non-monetary effects of labor mismatch are addressed." (Author's abstract, © Springer-Verlag) ((en))

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Bille, Trine, Knut Løyland & Anders Holm (2017): Work for passion or money? Variations in artists' labor supply. In: Kyklos, Jg. 70, H. 3, S. 347-380. DOI:10.1111/kykl.12141

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"This paper assesses the relative impact of work for money or work for passion on Norwegian artists by examining artists' labor supply. Our contribution is twofold. The first is to test the work-preference model and the second is to investigate the impact of arts grants on artists' labor supply. The empirical specification draws two distinctions: between arts and non-arts income and between labor and non-labor income. Non-labor income is divided into three different sources: (1) spouse's income, (2) income from financial assets and social benefits, and (3) arts grants and subsidies. Our contribution adds to the literature by estimating the significance of these various income sources on the time allocated to arts work, non-arts work, and leisure. The results provide convincing evidence for the work-preference model, and ad hoc evidence shows that art grants have a significant positive effect on the supply of arts hours. This finding supports arts policy and shows the impact of art grants on artists' motivation to work on their arts. The causality of wages on supply is demonstrated by estimating the effects of wage shocks (grants) on arts labor supply using fixed-effect and difference-in-difference methods." (Author's abstract, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))

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Bossler, Mario & Sandra Broszeit (2017): Do minimum wages increase job satisfaction? Micro data evidence from the new German minimum wage. In: Labour, Jg. 31, H. 4, S. 480-493., 2017-02-10. DOI:10.1111/labr.12117

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"In Deutschland wurde am 1. Januar 2015 der gesetzliche Mindestlohn von EURO 8.50 pro Arbeitsstunde eingeführt. Mit einer Analyse von Differenzen-in-Differenzen schätzen wir den Effekt auf Outcomes von anhaltend Beschäftigten. Die Ergebnisse zeigen einen deutlichen absoluten Anstieg in der Entlohnungszufriedenheit von betroffenen Personen. Änderungen in der generellen Jobzufriedenheit sind weitestgehend durch den Anstieg in der Entlohnungszufriedenheit getrieben, sodass nur ein kleiner Effekt auf andere Dimensionen der Jobzufriedenheit bestehen bleibt. Effekte des Mindestlohns auf den Arbeitseinsatz und die Bleibebereitschaft zeigen sich nicht." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Bryson, Alex & George MacKerron (2017): Are you happy while you work? In: The economic journal, Jg. 127, H. 599, S. 106-125. DOI:10.1111/ecoj.12269

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"Using a new data source permitting individuals to record their well-being via a smartphone, we explore within-person variance in individuals' well-being measured momentarily at random points in time. We ?nd paid work is ranked lower than any of the other 39 activities individuals can report engaging in, with the exception of being sick in bed. Precisely how unhappy one is while working varies signi?cantly with where you work; whether you are combining work with other activities; whether you are alone or with others; and the time of day or night you are working." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Grund, Christian & Maike Rubin (2017): Social comparisons of wage increases and job satisfaction. In: Applied Economics, Jg. 49, H. 14, S. 1345-1350. DOI:10.1080/00036846.2016.1217311

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"We combine status quo and social comparison considerations and investigate whether relative wage increases in the sense of differences between individual wage increases and wage increases of comparable employees are related to managers' job satisfaction. Using a panel data set of managers in the German chemical industry, we indeed find first evidence. The relation between relative wage increases and job satisfaction is relevant for managers with lower absolute wage levels in particular." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Hammermann, Andrea & Oliver Stettes (2017): Qualität der Arbeit in Europa. Eine empirische Analyse auf Basis des EWCS 2015. (IW-Report / Institut der Deutschen Wirtschaft Köln 2017,24), Köln, 46 S.

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"Die Arbeitszufriedenheit signalisiert, ob die Beschäftigten die Qualität des eigenen Arbeitsplatzes als gut einschätzen. Der Anteil der Arbeitnehmer in einem Land, die mit ihrer Arbeit zufrieden sind, ist damit ein Gradmesser für die Qualität der Arbeitsplätze in einer Volkswirtschaft insgesamt. Die Qualität der Arbeit ist vor diesem Hintergrund in der Europäischen Union und in den einzelnen Mitgliedstaaten hoch. Rund 86 Prozent der Arbeitnehmer in der Europäischen Union sind mit ihrem Beschäftigungsverhältnis zufrieden. In Deutschland sind es mit 88 Prozent etwas mehr. Dies entspricht dem Wert aus dem Jahr 2010. In vielen Ländern, insbesondere in Ostmitteleuropa, ist das Ausmaß der Arbeitszufriedenheit zwischen 2010 und 2015 von einem relativ niedrigen auf ein vergleichbares Niveau wie in Deutschland angestiegen. Für eine schleichende Verschlechterung der Qualität der Arbeit fehlt daher sowohl hierzulande als auch in der Europäischen Union insgesamt der empirische Beleg. Politischer Handlungsdruck existiert von dieser Seite nicht. Ökonometrische Schätzungen mit den Beschäftigtenstichproben für die Europäische Union und für Deutschland zeigen, dass die Wertschätzung und die Anerkennung, die in Geld, Aufstiegsperspektiven und Worten ausgedrückt werden, ein hohes Gewicht bei der Frage erhalten, ob ein Arbeitnehmer mit dem Job zufrieden ist. Eine ähnlich hohe Bedeutung fällt einem guten sozialen Umfeld am Arbeitsplatz zu. Die empirischen Befunde lassen zudem vermuten, dass vielerorts als eher belastend empfundene Arbeitsplatzmerkmale, die für sich genommen mit einer niedrigeren Arbeitszufriedenheit einhergehen, durch andere als unterstützend empfundene Arbeitsbedingungen kompensiert werden. Dadurch wird die Qualität der Arbeit von den Beschäftigten in diesen Fällen bei einer ganzheitlichen Betrachtung als gut wahrgenommen." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Henn, Sarah, Barbara Lochner & Christiane Meiner-Teubner (2017): Arbeitsbedingungen als Ausdruck gesellschaftlicher Anerkennung Sozialer Arbeit. (Jugendhilfe und Sozialarbeit), Frankfurt am Main, 58 S.

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"Wie ist es um die Arbeitsbedingungen in der Sozialen Arbeit bestellt? Zu dieser Frage gab es bislang nur vereinzelte empirische Befunde. Im Projekt 'Arbeitsbedingungen als Ausdruck gesellschaftlicher Anerkennung Sozialer Arbeit' haben die Autorinnen in Kooperation mit der GEW und der Max-Traeger-Stiftung den Forschungsstand aufbereitet und um eigene Analysen der Daten des DGB-Index Gute Arbeit und des Mikrozensus erweitert. Erstmals wird so ein systematischer Überblick über die Arbeitsbedingungen von Sozialarbeiterinnen und Sozialarbeitern in Deutschland vorgelegt.
Gegenstand der Untersuchung sind die drei Bereiche Anstellungsverhältnis (z. B. Einkommen, Sorge um die berufliche Zukunft), Belastungsmomente (z. B. Emotionale Anforderungen) sowie organisationale Rahmenbedingungen (z. B. Anteil der Verwaltungstätigkeit, Weiterbildungsmöglichkeiten). Dabei werden die Daten für die Beschäftigten in der Sozialen Arbeit mit denen der Erzieher_innen, Altenpfleger_innen sowie Lehrer_innen verglichen.
Die Ergebnisse zeigen u.a., dass die Sorge um die berufliche Zukunft im Vergleich mit den anderen Berufsgruppen deutlich erhöht ist. Unter den Beschäftigten in Sozial- und Erziehungsberufen beträgt der Durchschnitt 16 Prozent, die sich sehr häufig oder oft Sorgen um die berufliche Zukunft machen. Bei den Sozialarbeiter_innen ist es indes beinah jede/r Dritte (28 Prozent). Deutlich erhöht ist auch der Wunsch, den Arbeitgeber zu wechseln. Jede/r vierte Sozialarbeiter_in würde dies tun, wenn sie/er die Möglichkeit hätte.
Die Ergebnisse des Berichts lieferen vielfältige Informationen und Anstöße für die notwendige gesellschaftliche Debatte über die stärkere Anerkennung von sozialen Berufen." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Hofbauer, Reinhard & Michael Schwingsmehl (2017): Bedeutet hohe Arbeitszufriedenheit, dass die Arbeitsbedingungen gut sind? In: Momentum Quarterly, Jg. 6, H. 2, S. 85-106. DOI:10.15203/momentumquarterly.vol6.no2.p85-106

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"Die Qualität des Arbeitslebens ist eine wichtige Dimension der Lebensqualität und findet in vielen modernen Wohlfahrtsmaßen Berücksichtigung. Sowohl objektive als auch subjektive Indikatoren kommen bei der Messung der Arbeitsplatzqualität zur Anwendung. Anhand von Daten einer Bevölkerungsbefragung wird gezeigt, dass von hoher Arbeitszufriedenheit, die mittels Single-Item-Fragen gemessen wird, nicht einfach auf gute Arbeitsbedingungen geschlossen werden kann. Arbeitszufriedenheit erweist sich als komplexes Konstrukt, in dem Adaptions- und Vergleichsprozesse eine wichtige Rolle spielen." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Holmström, Bengt (2017): Pay for performance and beyond. In: The American economic review, Jg. 107, H. 7, S. 1753-1777. DOI:10.1257/aer.107.7.1753

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"Incentives are often associated with narrow financial rewards such as bonuses or executive stock options. But in general such rewards are just a small part of the design of incentives. Properly designed incentive systems have to take into account the full portfolio of activities that the agent can engage in, the array of instruments, many nonfinancial, that are available to influence individuals and consider the factors that motivate them in different settings. Thinking about incentives as a system of interacting instruments and influences has been a major advance in the economics of incentives in recent years. In this lecture I will describe the path from pay for performance to the broader view of incentive systems." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Kampkötter, Patrick (2017): Performance appraisals and job satisfaction. In: The international journal of human resource management, Jg. 28, H. 5, S. 750-774. DOI:10.1080/09585192.2015.1109538

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"The research in this article is focused on formal performance appraisals (PA), one of the most important human resource management practices in firms. In detail, the study analyzes the effect of PAs on employees' overall job satisfaction. We are able to differentiate between appraisals that are linked to monetary outcomes, such as bonus payments and promotions, and appraisals that have no monetary consequences. Building on a representative, longitudinal sample of around 10,500 German employees, we apply fixed effects regressions that allow us to more closely estimate the causal effect of appraisals on job satisfaction compared to previous cross-sectional studies. We find a significantly positive effect of PAs on job satisfaction, which is primarily driven by appraisals linked to monetary outcomes. The results demonstrate that PAs linked to monetary outcomes are a powerful HR management tool that is appreciated by employees. Furthermore, we explore the moderating effects of personality traits (Big Five, locus of control) on the relationship between PAs and job satisfaction. The results show that if tangible benefits cannot be provided or are not tied to the assessment procedure, the use of appraisals with no monetary consequences can be detrimental for open-minded and self-determined employees, as appraisals could then potentially raise expectations that are not fulfilled. Theoretical and practical implications of these results are discussed." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Pusch, Toralf & Miriam Rehm (2017): Positive Effekte des Mindestlohns auf Arbeitsplatzqualität und Arbeitszufriedenheit. In: Wirtschaftsdienst, Jg. 97, H. 6, S. 409-414. DOI:10.1007/s10273-017-2152-z

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"Über den Zusammenhang zwischen Mindestlöhnen und Änderungen bei der Arbeitsplatzqualität ist bisher wenig bekannt. Nach der Mindestlohneinführung in Deutschland stieg die Arbeitsplatzzufriedenheit insgesamt. Neben höheren Stunden- und Bruttolöhnen und verringerten Arbeitszeiten gibt es als möglichen Grund auch eine arbeitsorganisatorische Aufwertung der Arbeitsplätze. Bei bestehenden Beschäftigungsverhältnissen konnten Hinweise auf Verbesserungen beim Betriebsklima und einer mehr auf Mitarbeitermotivation setzenden Personalführung festgestellt werden. Zusammen mit der verbesserten Vereinbarkeit der Arbeit mit dem Privatleben sind diese Aspekte für die gestiegene Zufriedenheit bedeutender als die (ebenfalls höhere) Lohnzufriedenheit.
Der Beitrag basiert auf einem umfangreicheren Artikel für das im Herbst 2017 erscheinende Schwerpunktheft 'Mindestlöhne in Deutschland -- Erfahrungen und Analysen' der WSI-Mitteilungen, Nr. 7/2017." (Autorenreferat, © Springer-Verlag)

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Pusch, Toralf & Miriam Rehm (2017): Mindestlohn, Arbeitsqualität und Arbeitszufriedenheit. In: WSI-Mitteilungen, Jg. 70, H. 7, S. 491-498. DOI:10.5771/0342-300X-2017-7-491

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"Der Zusammenhang von Mindestlöhnen und Arbeitsplatzqualität bzw. -zufriedenheit wurde bisher kaum untersucht. Von der arbeitsmarktökonomischen Theorie der ausgleichenden Lohnunterschiede und der Forschung zu high road/low road-Strategien des Produktionsregimes werden entgegengesetzte Zusammenhänge zwischen Lohn und Arbeitsplatzqualität prognostiziert. In der eher qualitativ orientierten Literatur wurde aber ein Zusammenhang von Mindestlöhnen und Produktivitätsentwicklung gezeigt. Die Autoren untersuchen diese Zusammenhänge mit Daten des IAB-Panels Arbeitsmarkt und Soziale Sicherung (PASS). Differenzen-in-Differenzen-Schätzungen für die vom Mindestlohn erfassten Beschäftigten zeigen, dass sich auch die subjektive Einschätzung der Arbeitsplatzqualität relativ zur Kontrollgruppe verbesserte: Trotz gestiegener Arbeitsbelastung waren die vom Mindestlohn erfassten Beschäftigten zufriedener mit der Personalführung, dem Betriebsklima, mit ihrem Lohn sowie mit der Arbeit insgesamt. Diese Ergebnisse stehen eher im Einklang mit dem high road/low road-Ansatz als mit der Theorie der ausgleichenden Lohnunterschiede." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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OECD (2017): How's life? 2017. Measuring well-being. (How's life? 04), Paris, 458 S. DOI:10.1787/how_life-2017-en

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"Alle zwei Jahre stellt die OECD die Frage: Wie ist das Leben? Wie steht es um Einkommen und Beschäftigung, aber auch Wohnen, Gesundheit, Bildung, den sozialen Zusammenhalt oder die Work-Life-Balance? Die aktuelle Untersuchung zeigt: In den letzten zehn Jahren hat sich die Lebensqualität in vielen Bereichen verbessert, doch es gibt auch rückläufige Entwicklungen und vor allem Unterschiede nach Geschlecht und Bildungsniveau.
Die OECD-Studie 'How's Life? 2017' analysiert mithilfe von 50 international vergleichbaren Indikatoren jenseits des Bruttoinlandsprodukts die Lebensbedingungen der Menschen in den 35 OECD- und sechs Partnerländern. Ein Kapitel befasst sich mit der Situation von Migranten. Ein weiteres Kapitel präsentiert die Ergebnisse der einzelnen Länder." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales (2017): Arbeitsqualität in Zeitarbeitsverhältnissen. Abschlussbericht. (Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales. Forschungsbericht 486), Berlin, 313 S.

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"Der vorliegende Projektbericht bietet eine umfassende Analyse zur Arbeitszufriedenheit und Arbeitsqualität in der Zeitarbeit, sowie potenzieller Einflussfaktoren und damit Anforderungen an das Personalmanagement auf dem betrachteten Teilarbeitsmarkt. Von besonderem Interesse sind hierbei die betrieblichen Strukturmerkmale und Vorgehensweisen bei der Gestaltung des Verleihprozesses und des Personalmanagements in der Zeitarbeit sowie mögliche betriebliche Ansatzpunkte zur Verbesserung der Arbeitsbedingungen sowie der Arbeitszufriedenheit und Arbeitsqualität.
Die empirische Grundlage der Untersuchung bildete die kombinierte Auswertung qualitativer Fallstudien, eigener repräsentativer Befragungen unter Zeitarbeitsbetrieben und Zeitarbeitnehmern/-innen sowie zentraler Ergebnisse zweier weiterer Erhebungen, die ebenfalls im Auftrag des BMAS zu verschiedenen Aspekten der Arbeitsqualität durchgeführt wurden." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Bossler, Mario & Sandra Broszeit (2016): Do minimum wages increase job satisfaction? Micro data evidence from the new German minimum wage. (IAB-Discussion Paper 15/2016), Nürnberg, 20 S.

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"In Deutschland wurde am 1. Januar 2015 der gesetzliche Mindestlohn von EURO 8.50 pro Arbeitsstunde eingeführt. Mit einer Analyse von Differenzen-in-Differenzen schätzen wir den Effekt auf Outcomes von anhaltend Beschäftigten. Die Ergebnisse zeigen einen deutlichen absoluten Anstieg in der Entlohnungszufriedenheit von betroffenen Personen. Änderungen in der generellen Jobzufriedenheit sind weitestgehend durch den Anstieg in der Entlohnungszufriedenheit getrieben, sodass nur ein kleiner Effekt auf andere Dimensionen der Jobzufriedenheit bestehen bleibt. Effekte des Mindestlohns auf den Arbeitseinsatz und die Bleibebereitschaft zeigen sich nicht." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)

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Carr, Stuart C., Jane Parker, James Arrowsmith & Paul A. Watters (2016): The living wage. Theoretical integration and an applied research agenda. In: International Labour Review, Jg. 155, H. 1, S. 1-24. DOI:10.1111/j.1564-913X.2015.00029.x

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"The concept of a living wage is defined by quality of life and work life, not merely economic subsistence. It extends to adequate participation in organizational and social life. In development economics, these crucial components of 'decent work' connect with 'capabilities', whose development is important to individuals, organizations and society. However, the links between income and capabilities remain unknown, and living wages are often set by fiat. By integrating theories from development studies, management, psychology and employment relations into a single concentric, contingency model, the authors derive a series of propositions with which to test this context-sensitive model in empirical research." (Author's abstract, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))

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Diriwächter, Patric & Elena Shvartsman (2016): The anticipation and adaptation effects of intra- and interpersonal wage changes on job satisfaction. (CESifo working paper 866), München, 31, III S.

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"This paper analyses how individual job satisfaction is affected by wage changes. In order to account for potential dynamic effects of wage changes on job satisfaction, we include lead and lag effects of income changes in our analysis. Furthermore, we examine the role of social comparisons, i.e., how an individual's job satisfaction is driven not only by changes in his wages, but also by the size of these changes relative to wage changes within his reference group. Results from an individual fixed effects regression indicate that wage increases have a statistically significant positive effect on job satisfaction. This effect exhibits a dynamic pattern. We observe an anticipation effect of a positive wage change, i.e., individuals are more satisfied with their job one year ahead of the wage increase. Also, we find statistically significant positive, but declining effects on job satisfaction four years after the wage increase, i.e., partial adaptation. We find that an additional increase in job satisfaction is obtained when the individual's wage increase exceeds the average wage increase for his reference group. However, this effect does not appear to persist, as it is only statistically significant in the first period after the wage change." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))