TABLE 11.
Marginal effects of job satisfaction and horizontal mismatch from the logit regression (Nonwhite Male, Nonwhite Female)
Nonwhite Male |
Nonwhite 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 | 0.051** | 0.082** | −0.060 | −0.077 | 0.071*** | 0.075* | 0.014 | −0.161** |
(0.023) | (0.035) | (0.047) | (0.044) | (0.031) | (0.039) | (0.051) | (0.043) | |
Political and related sciences | 0.055*** | 0.081** | −0.038 | −0.110** | 0.062*** | 0.090*** | −0.017 | −0.134*** |
(0.020) | (0.030) | (0.041) | (0.037) | (0.020) | (0.029) | (0.037) | (0.032) | |
Psychology | 0.070*** | 0.076** | −0.055 | −0.110* | 0.049*** | 0.046* | 0.066* | −0.165*** |
(0.024) | (0.032) | (0.044) | (0.041) | (0.015) | (0.021) | (0.030) | (0.025) | |
Sociology and anthropology | 0.046** | 0.020 | −0.014 | −0.055 | 0.072*** | 0.043 | 0.002 | —0.124*** |
(0.022) | (0.031) | (0.049) | (0.046) | (0.021) | (0.026) | (0.037) | (0.033) | |
Other social sciences | −0.002 | 0.062 | 0.011 | −0.060 | 0.008 | 0.006 | 0.028 | −0.041 |
(0.016) | (0.043) | (0.060) | (0.057) | (0.015) | (0.028) | (0.043) | (0.041) | |
Log annual wage | −0.014** | −0.035*** | −0.072*** | 0.151*** | −0.016*** | −0.021** | −0.030* | 0.074*** |
(0.006) | (0.011) | (0.017) | (0.017) | (0.005) | (0.008) | (0.012) | (0.012) | |
Race: Asian | −0.002 | −0.028 | 0.055 | −0.020 | −0.054*** | −0.013 | 0.056* | 0.013 |
(Ref: Black) | (0.014) | (0.022) | (0.033) | (0.031) | (0.013) | (0.018) | (0.026) | (0.025) |
Hispanic | 0.006 | −0.021 | 0.019 | −0.001 | −0.019* | −0.024 | −0.006 | 0.058** |
(0.013) | (0.021) | (0.032) | (0.029) | (0.010) | (0.016) | (0.024) | (0.022) | |
Other | 0.023 | −0.047 | 0.003 | 0.021 | −0.03* | −0.01 | −0.045 | 0.091** |
(0.015) | (0.028) | (0.041) | (0.038) | (0.014) | (0.021) | (0.032) | (0.029) | |
Degree: Master | 0.017 | −0.024 | 0.010 | −0.001 | 0.017 | 0.023 | −0.018 | −0.022 |
(Ref: Bachelor) | (0.013) | (0.020) | (0.028) | (0.026) | (0.010) | (0.014) | (0.021) | (0.019) |
Doctorate | – | −0.152 | 0.021 | 0.033 | – | 0.041 | −0.256 | 0.185* |
– | (0.110) | (0.084) | (0.073) | – | (0.055) | (0.092) | (0.072) | |
Professional | – | 0.082 | −0.216 | 0.108 | – | – | −0.127** | 0.163* |
– | (0.086) | (0.166) | (0.129) | – | – | (0.090) | (0.078) | |
Supervisor | −0.018 | −0.013 | 0.006 | 0.012 | −0.009 | −0.040** | 0.030 | 0.012 |
(0.011) | (0.017) | (0.025) | (0.023) | (0.010) | (0.015) | (0.020) | (0.018) | |
Training | −0.040*** | −0.022 | 0.007 | 0.048* | −0.026*** | −0.011 | 0.002 | 0.038* |
(0.012) | (0.016) | (0.024) | (0.022) | (0.008) | (0.013) | (0.019) | (0.018) |
Note. Data 2013 National Survey of College Graduates. SEs in parentheses:
p < 0.001
p < 0.01, and
p < 0.05.
N = 2,008 (Nonwhite Male), N = 3,333 (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.