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Vignette Equivalence and Response Consistency: The Case of Job Satisfaction

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  • Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada

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    (IAE Barcelona (CSIC))

  • van Praag, Bernard M. S.

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    (University of Amsterdam)

  • Theodossiou, Ioannis

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    (University of Aberdeen)

Abstract

We compare reported job satisfaction with vignette evaluations of hypothetical jobs by using a British, Greek and Dutch data set, containing 95 randomly assigned vignettes. In order to test comparability of international data sets recently the method of anchoring vignettes has been introduced by King et al. (2004). This intuitively and attractive idea requires the properties of vignette equivalence and response consistency. In our data set both job satisfaction and vignettes are numerically evaluated on a 0-10-scale. This fact allows us to interpret the evaluations as cardinal satisfaction values and to estimate satisfaction functions for vignettes and for the own job situation. We find that both functions differ significantly: vignette evaluations appear to depend on the own job situation and other individual characteristics. Hence, without correction for those differences in background characteristics, vignette evaluations are not comparable between individuals. Similar conclusions are reached for response consistency.

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Length: 32 pages
Date of creation: Nov 2011
Handle: RePEc:iza:izadps:dp6174
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Keywords: vignettes; vignette equivalence; response consistency; job satisfaction; subjective well-being;

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  • J28 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
  • D6 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics
  • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
  • C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities

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Cited by:

  1. Luisa Corrado & Paola Samˆ, 2012. "Inside the Life Satisfaction Blackbox," Econometica Working Papers wp44, Econometica.
  2. Clark, Andrew E. & Senik, Claudia & Yamada, Katsunori, 2015. "When Experienced and Decision Utility Concur: The Case of Income Comparisons," IZA Discussion Papers 9189, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).

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