A Multivariate Investigation of Overall Happiness, Job Satisfaction and Income Satisfaction of Women and Men inTurkey

Year 2020, Volume: 28 Issue: 44, 11 - 26, 19.04.2020

Aslı E. Mert

https://doi.org/10.17233/sosyoekonomi.2020.02.01

Cited By: 4

Abstract

This paper examines the factors affecting working women’s and men’s overall happiness, job satisfaction and income satisfaction levels and the association between these means of happiness. Women and men, who are satisfied with their workplace relations relative to those who are not, are more likely to report that they are satisfied or very satisfied with their life, job and income. Women’s job and income satisfaction and men’s all three means of happiness are more likely to be high for those who received a pay rise last year. The strongest correlation is observed between job and income satisfaction for both women and men, which is slightly stronger for women that challenges the arguments on women’s financial motivation to be not as strong as men at work. Findings support the spillover hypothesis: it is observed pairwise between all three components of happiness.

Keywords

Gender and Employment, Happiness, Job Satisfaction, Pay Satisfaction, Multivariate Probit Regression

Türkiye’de Kadın ve Erkeklerin Mutluluk, İş Tatmini ve Gelir Tatmininin Çok Değişkenli Bir Analizi

Abstract

Bu çalışma, çalışan kadınların ve erkeklerin yaşam, iş ve gelir tatmin düzeylerini etkileyen faktörleri Türkiye bağlamında irdelemekte ve bu öğeler arasındaki korelasyonu incelemektedir. Araştırmanın bulguları, işyeri ilişkilerinden memnun olan kadınların ve erkeklerin yaşam, iş ve gelir tatmin düzeylerinin yüksek olma eğiliminin daha fazla olduğunu göstermiştir. Kadınların iş ve gelir, erkeklerin ise her üç mutluluk öğesi önceki sene alınan gelir artışından pozitif olarak etkilenmektedir. En yüksek korelasyon seviyesi kadınlar için biraz daha güçlü olmak üzere iş ve gelir tatmini arasında görülmüş, bu bulgu kadınların iş hayatında ekonomik kazanımlara erkekler kadar önem vermedikleri argümanının aksini desteklemiştir. Yayılma hipotezi üç mutluluk öğesinin tüm ikili kombinasyonlarında gözlemlenmiştir.

Keywords

Toplumsal Cinsiyet ve İstihdam, Mutluluk, İş Tatmini, Gelir Tatmini, Çok Değişkenli Probit Regresyonu

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