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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2016
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 10038
Verlag: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Zusammenfassung: 
We combine status quo and social comparison considerations and investigate whether relative wage increases in the sense of differences between individual wage increases and wage increases of comparable employees are related to managers' job satisfaction. Using a panel data set of managers in the German chemical industry, we indeed find first evidence. The relation between relative wage increases and job satisfaction is relevant for managers with lower absolute wage levels in particular.
Schlagwörter: 
job satisfaction
reference points
social comparisons
status quo preferences
wage increases
JEL: 
M52
J28
J31
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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