The Education-Job Satisfaction Paradox in the Public Sector

Abstract

We compare the self-reported satisfaction of workers, employed in the private and the public sectors across European countries, with their working conditions and pay and have reached a controversial conclusion. Although we have found there are more educated workers in the public sector than in the private sector, higher-educated workers report lower levels of satisfaction with their working conditions and income when employed in the public sector, which was the opposite for less educated workers employed in this same sector. In contrast, we found a positive association between education and job satisfaction for workers employed in the private sector.

Bibliometric Analysis of Research Publication Trends on Job Rotation Satisfaction

“…Job satisfaction is the enjoyment a person experiences from roles and jobs in an organization (Morris & Mo, 2023). Job satisfaction is the most critical indicator of an individual's work success, which is achieved by maintaining the relationship between himself and the work environment, which consists of internal and external satisfaction (Pita & Torregrosa, 2023). Job satisfaction depends not on how hard or healthy one works but on how much one enjoys a particular job.…”

Субъективная Отдача От Некогнитивных Навыков На Российском Рынке Труда: На Примере Удовлетворенности Работой

“…Таким образом, удовлетворенность работой, то есть комплексная оценка моне тарных и немонетарных параметров рабочих мест, может выступать еще одним показателем отдачи от человеческого капитала, позволяющим выйти за рамки обсуждения исключительно заработных плат (см. экономические исследования на эту тему, например, в [Fabra, Camisón, 2009;Altonji, Humphries, Zhong, 2022;Pita, Torregrosa, 2023]).…”