Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/96368 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
IAAEU Discussion Paper Series in Economics No. 05/2014
Publisher: 
University of Trier, Institute for Labour Law and Industrial Relations in the European Union (IAAEU), Trier
Abstract: 
We investigate a crucial event for job satisfaction: changing the workplace. For representative German panel data, we show that the reason why the previous employment ended is strongly linked to the satisfaction with the new job. When workers initiate a change of employer, they experience relatively high job satisfaction, though only in the short-term. To test causality, we exploit plant closure as exogenous trigger of job switching and find no causal effect of job changes on job satisfaction. Our findings concern research on workers' well-being as well as labor market and human resource policies.
Subjects: 
job satisfaction
job changes
new job
honeymoon-hangover effect
plant closure
JEL: 
I31
J28
J63
M50
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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