Does the household context matter for job satisfaction among low-wage workers?

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Authors

  • Matthias Pohlig
  • Sabine Israel
  • Irene Dingeldey

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  • University of Bremen
  • GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1028-1058
Number of pages31
JournalEconomic and industrial democracy
Volume43
Issue number3
Early online date6 Dec 2020
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2022

Abstract

Previous research has established that low-wage earners have on average lower job satisfaction. However, several studies have found personal characteristics, such as gender, age and educational level, moderate this negative impact. This article demonstrates additional factors at the household level, which have not yet been empirically investigated, and which may exacerbate gender differences. The authors analyse the job satisfaction of low-wage earners depending on the contribution of individual earnings to the household income and on household deprivation using the 2013 special wave of the EU-SILC for 18 European countries. The study finds that single earners in low-wage employment report lower job satisfaction whereas low-wage employment does not seem to make a difference for secondary earners. Furthermore, low-wage earners’ job satisfaction is linked with the ability of their household to make ends meet.

Keywords

    Earner position, household context, job satisfaction, low wage, poverty

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Does the household context matter for job satisfaction among low-wage workers? / Pohlig, Matthias; Israel, Sabine; Dingeldey, Irene.
In: Economic and industrial democracy, Vol. 43, No. 3, 01.08.2022, p. 1028-1058.

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Pohlig M, Israel S, Dingeldey I. Does the household context matter for job satisfaction among low-wage workers? Economic and industrial democracy. 2022 Aug 1;43(3):1028-1058. Epub 2020 Dec 6. doi: 10.1177/0143831X20975865
Pohlig, Matthias ; Israel, Sabine ; Dingeldey, Irene. / Does the household context matter for job satisfaction among low-wage workers?. In: Economic and industrial democracy. 2022 ; Vol. 43, No. 3. pp. 1028-1058.
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