title: What makes workers with disabilities happy? The importance of non-pecuniary characteristics.
abstract: The paper examines the determinants of the levels of job satisfaction reported by non-disabled and disabled workers, with special attention to the contribution of non-pecuniary job aspects. Using longitudinal data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we estimate job satisfaction equations for non-disabled and disabled workers. The existence of unhealthy environments, hard manual work, capacity to learn and good relationships with colleagues and supervisors all have a greater influence on job satisfaction for disabled workers than for their non-disabled counterparts.
authors: Applied Economics Department, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain.
authors: Ricardo
authors: R
authors: Pagán
mesh_terms: D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology*; D004777:Environment; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D009790:Occupations; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology
keywords: GSOEP; disability; job satisfaction