TABLE 10.
Marginal effects of job satisfaction and horizontal mismatch from the logit regression (White Male, White Female)
| White Male |
White Female |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank order (Likert scale) | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| White Male | Very dissatisfied | Somewhat dissatisfied | Somewhat satisfied | Very satisfied | Very dissatisfied | Somewhat dissatisfied | Somewhat satisfied | Very satisfied |
| Mismatch* degree field | ||||||||
| Economics | 0.063*** | 0.046* | 0.044 | —0.141*** | 0.058** | 0.046 | 0.143* | −0.239*** |
| (0.021) | (0.026) | (0.040) | (0.037) | (0.031) | (0.041) | (0.060) | (0.050) | |
| Political and related sciences | 0.042*** | 0.059*** | −0.003 | —0.111*** | 0.042** | 0.083*** | 0.022 | −0.148*** |
| (0.014) | (0.021) | (0.032) | (0.030) | (0.019) | (0.030) | (0.040) | (0.037) | |
| Psychology | 0.026** | 0.060** | 0.035 | −0.126*** | 0.024** | 0.054*** | −0.005 | −0.076** |
| (0.013) | (0.024) | (0.036) | (0.034) | (0.011) | (0.019) | (0.028) | (0.027) | |
| Sociology and anthropology | 0.037** | 0.071** | 0.026 | −0.140** | 0.038*** | 0.070*** | −0.012 | −0.110** |
| (0.019) | (0.031) | (0.045) | (0.042) | (0.015) | (0.025) | (0.036) | (0.034) | |
| Other social sciences | 0.043** | 0.050 | 0.045 | −0.15** | 0.105*** | 0.039 | −0.078 | −0.088* |
| (0.023) | (0.034) | (0.053) | (0.050) | (0.027) | (0.028) | (0.043) | (0.042) | |
| Log annual wage | −0.013*** | −0.029*** | −0.035** | 0.094*** | −0.011*** | −0.013* | −0.049*** | 0.081*** |
| (0.004) | (0.007) | (0.013) | (0.014) | (0.004) | (0.006) | (0.011) | (0.011) | |
| Degree: Master | 0.001 | 0.017 | −0.017 | −0.003 | −0.002 | 0.015 | −0.034 | 0.015 |
| (Ref: Bachelor) | (0.008) | (0.013) | (0.021) | (0.020) | (0.007) | (0.011) | (0.018) | (0.017) |
| Doctorate | 0.003 | −0.043 | −0.055 | 0.058 | −0.002 | 0.038 | −0.045 | 0.005 |
| (0.030) | (0.052) | (0.064) | (0.060) | (0.024) | (0.033) | (0.061) | (0.056) | |
| Professional | 0.033 | 0.014 | −0.162 | 0.098 | 0.030 | 0.024 | −0.081 | 0.013 |
| (0.031) | (0.064) | (0.098) | (0.087) | (0.024) | (0.047) | (0.068) | (0.063) | |
| Supervisor | −0.020** | −0.006 | −0.050** | 0.063*** | −0.013 | −0.029* | 0.032 | 0.003 |
| (0.008) | (0.012) | (0.019) | (0.018) | (0.008) | (0.012) | (0.018) | (0.018) | |
| Training | −0.016* | −0.022* | 0.008 | 0.035 | −0.018** | −0.026** | −0.009 | 0.056*** |
| (0.007) | (0.011) | (0.019) | (0.018) | (0.007) | (0.010) | (0.018) | (0.017) | |
Note. Data 2013 National Survey of College Graduates. SEs in parentheses:
***
p < 0.001
**
p < 0.01, and
*
p < 0.05.
N = 3,191 (White Male), N = 3,946 (White Female); Prob > chi2 = 0.0000.
All analyses include controls for age, marriage, children, full time status, work duration, employer size, employer type, and employer location.