Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/92128 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Series/Report no.: 
ISER Working Paper Series No. 2008-30
Publisher: 
University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), Colchester
Abstract: 
Using a Spanish survey, this paper investigates the relationship between firm size and working conditions, and whether firm size differences in workers job satisfaction can be accounted for by differences in their work environment. The results indicate that: (1) workers in larger firms have a significantly lower level of autonomy and, in general, face worse working conditions; (2) working in large firms has no statistically significant effect on job satisfaction after controlling for working conditions; and (3) no systematic differences exist in worker mobility across firm-size categories. We conclude that observed wage differentials by firm size are utility-equalizing, so they are due to differences in working conditions.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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