abstract: 'Previous research has established that low-wage earners have on average

  lower job satisfaction. However, several studies have found personal

  characteristics, such as gender, age and educational level, moderate

  this negative impact. This article demonstrates additional factors at

  the household level, which have not yet been empirically investigated,

  and which may exacerbate gender differences. The authors analyse the job

  satisfaction of low-wage earners depending on the contribution of

  individual earnings to the household income and on household deprivation

  using the 2013 special wave of the EU-SILC for 18 European countries.

  The study finds that single earners in low-wage employment report lower

  job satisfaction whereas low-wage employment does not seem to make a

  difference for secondary earners. Furthermore, low-wage earners'' job

  satisfaction is linked with the ability of their household to make ends

  meet.'
affiliation: 'Pohlig, M (Corresponding Author), Leibniz Univ Hannover, Inst Soziol,
  Schneiderberg 50, D-30167 Hannover, Germany.

  Pohlig, Matthias, Univ Bremen, Bremen, Germany.

  Pohlig, Matthias, Leibniz Univ Hannover, Inst Sociol, Hannover, Germany.

  Israel, Sabine, GESIS Leibniz Inst Sozialwissensch Koln, Cologne, Germany.

  Dingeldey, Irene, Univ Bremen, Inst Labour \& Econ, Bremen, Germany.'
article-number: 0143831X20975865
author: Pohlig, Matthias and Israel, Sabine and Dingeldey, Irene
author-email: m.pohlig@ish.uni-hannover.de
author_list:
- family: Pohlig
  given: Matthias
- family: Israel
  given: Sabine
- family: Dingeldey
  given: Irene
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1177/0143831X20975865
earlyaccessdate: DEC 2020
eissn: 1461-7099
files: []
issn: 0143-831X
journal: ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL DEMOCRACY
keywords: Earner position; household context; job satisfaction; low wage; poverty
keywords-plus: 'LIFE SATISFACTION; GENDER; POVERTY; EUROPE; LABOR; INEQUALITY;

  EMPLOYMENT; POLICIES; INCOME; MODEL'
language: English
month: AUG
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '61'
orcid-numbers: Pohlig, Matthias/0000-0003-1101-8364
pages: 1028-1058
papis_id: f400d49bc40ebe9b79299136e8beb0d0
ref: Pohlig2022doeshousehold
times-cited: '1'
title: Does the household context matter for job satisfaction among low-wage workers?
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000599554600001
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '3'
volume: '43'
web-of-science-categories: Industrial Relations \& Labor
year: '2022'