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  Scottish Journal of Political EconomyVolume 53 Issue 2, Pages 253 - 279 Published Online: 24 Mar 2006 Journal compilation © 2010 Scottish Economic Society Published on behalf of the Scottish Economic Society
Abstract | Full Text: HTML, PDF (Size: 158K) | Related Articles | Citation Tracking  JOB SATISFACTION OF THE HIGHLY EDUCATED: THE ROLE OF GENDER, ACADEMIC TENURE, AND EARNINGS Copyright © Scottish Economic Society 2006 KEYWORDS J28 • J44 KEYWORDS Job satisfaction • highly educated workers • gender differences ABSTRACT
The determinants of job satisfaction are estimated for PhD-level scientists in the United States across academic and nonacademic sectors. In initial estimates, female scientists report lower job satisfaction than males in academia but higher job satisfaction than males in the nonacademic sector. While academic scientists with tenure have substantially greater job satisfaction than nonacademic scientists, we show that the magnitude of this influence varies by gender. After correcting for the lower evaluation placed by females both on earnings and on tenure, female academic scientists actually match nonacademic scientists in reporting greater job satisfaction than men. Date of receipt of final manuscript: 18 July 2005. | 
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