TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Redmond, Paul
AU  - McGuinness, Seamus
        TI  - Explaining the Gender Gap in Job Satisfaction
        PY  - 2019/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 12703
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp12703
        AB  - In general, women report greater job satisfaction than men. The existing literature cannot fully explain the nature of this difference, as the gap tends to persist even when controlling for job characteristics. In this paper, we study job satisfaction using recent data for 28 EU countries. Women, on average, are more satisfied than men and the gap remains even when we account for a wide range of personal, job and family characteristics. However, the gap disappears when we include job preferences, as women place greater importance on work-life balance and the intrinsic desirability of the work.
        KW  - job satisfaction
KW  - job preferences
KW  - gender
        ER  -