Arbeitspapier

Unfairness at Work: Well-Being and Quits

We here consider the effect of the level of income that individuals consider to be fair for the job they do, which we take as measure of comparison income, on both subjective well-being and objective future job quitting. In six waves of German Socio-Economic Panel data, the extent to which own labour income is perceived to be unfair is significantly negatively correlated with subjective well-being, both in terms of cognitive evaluations (life and job satisfaction) and affect (the frequency of feeling happy, sad and angry). Perceived unfairness also translates into objective labour-market behaviour, with current unfair income predicting future job quits.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 11318

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
Thema
fair income
subjective well-being
quits
SOEP

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
D'Ambrosio, Conchita
Clark, Andrew E.
Barazzetta, Marta
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2018

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • D'Ambrosio, Conchita
  • Clark, Andrew E.
  • Barazzetta, Marta
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2018

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