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| Title: | | The happiness gains from sorting and matching in the labor market  |
| Authors: | | Luechinger, Simon Stutzer, Alois Winkelmann, Rainer |
| Issue Date: | | 2006 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IZA Discussion Papers 2019 |
| Abstract: | | Sorting of people on the labor market not only assures the most productive use of valuable skills but also generates individual utility gains if people experience an optimal match between job characteristics and their preferences. Based on individual data on reported satisfaction with life it is possible to assess these latter gains from matching. We introduce a two-equation ordered probit model with endogenous switching and study self-selection into government and private sector jobs. We find considerable gains from matching amounting to an increase in the fraction of very satisfied workers from 53.8 to 58.8 percent relative to a hypothetical random allocation of workers to the two sectors. |
| Subjects: | | matching ordered probit public sector employment selection switching regression subjective well-being |
| JEL: | | D60 I31 J24 J45 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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