@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp6673, author={Mumford, Karen A. and Smith, Peter N.}, title={Peer Salaries and Employee Satisfaction in the Workplace}, year={2012}, month={Jun}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={6673}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6673}, abstract={We explore the relationship between reported job satisfaction and own wage, relative wage and average comparison group wage; allowing for asymmetry in these responses across genders. We find that the choice of relevant comparison group is affected by gender in Britain; men display behaviour characteristic of competitiveness whilst women do not.}, keywords={gender;earnings;job satisfaction;segregation;workplace}, }