Life Satisfaction of Employees, Labour Market Tightness and
Matching Efficiency

J 2021

Life Satisfaction of Employees, Labour Market Tightness and Matching Efficiency

DE PEDRAZA, Pablo; Martin GUZI a Kea TIJDENS

Základní údaje

Originální název

Life Satisfaction of Employees, Labour Market Tightness and Matching Efficiency

Autoři

DE PEDRAZA, Pablo; Martin GUZI a Kea TIJDENS

Vydání

International Journal of Manpower, LEEDS, Emerald Group Publishing, 2021, 0143-7720

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50202 Applied Economics, Econometrics

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Published article, IZA Discussion Paper

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 3.295

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14560/21:00120614

Organizační jednotka

Ekonomicko-správní fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

life satisfaction; matching efficiency; tightness; unemployment

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 30. 1. 2026 15:19, Eliška Poláčková

Anotace

V originále

Di Tella et al. (2001) show that temporary fluctuations in life satisfaction (LS) are correlated with macroeconomic circumstances such as gross domestic product, unemployment, and inflation. In this paper, we bring attention to labour market measures from search and matching models (Pissarides 2000). Our analysis follows the two-stage estimation strategy used in Di Tella et al. (2001) to explore sectoral unemployment levels, labour market tightness, and matching efficiency as LS determinants. In the first stage, we use a large sample of individual data collected from a continuous web survey during the 2007-2014 period in the Netherlands to obtain regression-adjusted measures of LS by quarter and economic sector. In the second-stage, we regress LS measures against the unemployment level, labour market tightness, and matching efficiency. Our results are threefold. First, the negative link between unemployment and an employee's LS is confirmed at the sectoral level. Second, labour market tightness, measured as the number of vacancies per job-seeker rather than the number of vacancies per unemployed, is shown to be relevant to the LS of workers. Third, labour market matching efficiency affects the LS of workers differently when they are less satisfied with their job and in temporary employment. No evidence of this relationship has been documented before Our results give support to government interventions aimed at activating demand for labour, improving the matching of job-seekers to vacant jobs, and reducing information frictions by supporting match-making technologies.

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Guzi_Pedraza_Tijdens_10-1108_IJM-07-2019-0323.pdf

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Citovat

DE PEDRAZA, Pablo; Martin GUZI a Kea TIJDENS. Life Satisfaction of Employees, Labour Market Tightness and Matching Efficiency. International Journal of Manpower. LEEDS: Emerald Group Publishing, 2021, roč. 42, č. 3, s. 341-355. ISSN 0143-7720. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-07-2019-0323.

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DE PEDRAZA, Pablo; Martin GUZI a Kea TIJDENS. Life Satisfaction of Employees, Labour Market Tightness and Matching Efficiency. \textit{International Journal of Manpower}. LEEDS: Emerald Group Publishing, 2021, roč.~42, č.~3, s.~341-355. ISSN~0143-7720. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-07-2019-0323.

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