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Krueger, Alan B.; Schkade, David – Journal of Human Resources, 2008
This paper tests a central implication of the theory of equalizing differences, that workers sort into jobs with different attributes based on their preferences. We present evidence from four new time-use data sets for the United States and France suggesting that workers who are more gregarious, as revealed by their behavior when they are not…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Labor Market, Foreign Countries, Career Choice