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Hamermesh, Daniel S. – Journal of Human Resources, 2001
Satisfaction among male workers in upper earnings brackets increased from 1978-1996; similar results were found in Germany for 1984-1996. Little relationship between job satisfaction and persistent earnings inequality was found. Recent shocks to earnings mattered more to current and recent changes in satisfaction than did distant shocks.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Satisfaction, Males, Salary Wage Differentials

Couch, Kenneth A.; Dunn, Thomas A. – Journal of Human Resources, 1997
Comparison of U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics and German Socioeconomic Panel data found similarities in correlation of earnings and working hours for fathers and sons. Correlation for daughters and mothers was stronger in the United States, where more women are in the labor force. Intergenerational correlations in educational attainment were…
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Correlation, Educational Attainment