Human Capital, Matching and Job Satisfaction

Tim Barmby, Alex Bryson and Barbara Eberth

CEP Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

Abstract: Using a model of wage determination developed by Stevens (2003) we offer an explanation of why tenure has a negative effect when entered in job satisfaction equations. If job satisfaction measures match quality, then the explanation follows from a model of the labour market in which workers accumulate specific human capital at the firm they work and the way in which this accumulation affects the way workers react to outside job opportunities.

Keywords: Job satisfaction; job match quality; human capital; job tenure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 J28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-06
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