%0 Report %A Mumford, Karen A. %A Smith, Peter N. %T Peer Salaries and Employee Satisfaction in the Workplace %D 2012 %8 2012 Jun %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) %C Bonn %7 IZA Discussion Paper %N 6673 %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6673 %X 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. %K gender %K earnings %K job satisfaction %K segregation %K workplace