Start Date
11-6-2009 10:30 AM
End Date
11-6-2009 11:00 AM
Description
The determinants of worker job satisfaction are estimated using a representative survey of three major cities in China. Legally segregated migrants, floaters, earn significantly less than otherwise equivalent non-migrants but routinely report greater job satisfaction, a finding not previously reported. We confirm a positive role for membership in the communist party but find that it exists only for non-migrants suggesting a club good aspect to membership. In contrast to earlier studies, many controls mirror those found in western democracies including the "paradox of the contented female worker.
Recommended Citation
Heywood, J. S., Siebert, W. S., & Wei, X. (2009, June). Job satisfaction and the labor market institutions in urban China. Paper presented at Conference on "Improving the Human Destiny", Lingnan University, Hong Kong.
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Job satisfaction and the labor market institutions in urban China
The determinants of worker job satisfaction are estimated using a representative survey of three major cities in China. Legally segregated migrants, floaters, earn significantly less than otherwise equivalent non-migrants but routinely report greater job satisfaction, a finding not previously reported. We confirm a positive role for membership in the communist party but find that it exists only for non-migrants suggesting a club good aspect to membership. In contrast to earlier studies, many controls mirror those found in western democracies including the "paradox of the contented female worker.