%0 Report %A Haile, Getinet Astatike %T Are You Unhappy Having Minority Co-Workers? %D 2013 %8 2013 May %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) %C Bonn %7 IZA Discussion Paper %N 7423 %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp7423 %X This paper attempts to establish empirically whether natives' job satisfaction is adversely affected by having minority co-worker(s). The paper uses nationally representative linked employer-employee data and eight different facets of job satisfaction. Measuring minority co-worker status at the workplace- and occupation-level and employing alternative econometric estimators; the paper finds that on average natives' experience a reduction in job satisfaction due to having minority co-worker(s). The effect found is larger if the co-worker-ship is at the occupation-level. %K discrimination %K job-related well-being %K linked employer-employee data %K Britain