TABLE 9.
Marginal effects of job satisfaction 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 | ||||||||
| Somewhat related | −0.009 | 0.051* | 0.094** | −0.120*** | 0.021 | 0.079*** | 0.034 | −0.108*** |
| (Ref: Closely related) | (0.016) | (0.022) | (0.029) | (0.026) | (0.012) | (0.016) | (0.022) | (0.020) |
| Not related | 0.044*** | 0.094*** | 0.020 | −0.160*** | 0.059*** | 0.095*** | 0.044 | —0.192*** |
| (0.014) | (0.022) | (0.031) | (0.028) | (0.012) | (0.017) | (0.024) | (0.022) | |
| Log annual wage | −0.015** | −0.036*** | −0.069*** | 0.152*** | −0.016*** | −0.022** | −0.030* | 0.075*** |
| (0.006) | (0.010) | (0.017) | (0.018) | (0.005) | (0.008) | (0.013) | (0.012) | |
| Degree field | ||||||||
| Political and related sciences | −0.008 | 0.010 | −0.023 | 0.023 | 0.008 | 0.020 | −0.032 | 0.003 |
| (Ref: Economics) | (0.014) | (0.022) | (0.034) | (0.031) | (0.015) | (0.022) | (0.034) | (0.031) |
| Psychology | 0.002 | −0.012 | 0.012 | 0.010 | −0.007 | 0.002 | −0.026 | 0.032 |
| (0.013) | (0.022) | (0.033) | (0.031) | (0.014) | (0.020) | (0.030) | (0.028) | |
| Sociology and anthropology | −0.006 | −0.050 | 0.010 | 0.054 | 0.001 | −0.021 | −0.009 | 0.029 |
| (0.014) | (0.026) | (0.037) | (0.034) | (0.015) | (0.023) | (0.034) | (0.031) | |
| Other social sciences | −0.044* | −0.031 | 0.021 | 0.052 | −0.027 | −0.024 | −0.005 | 0.052 |
| (0.022) | (0.029) | (0.042) | (0.039) | (0.018) | (0.025) | (0.037) | (0.034) | |
| Race: Asian | −0.002 | −0.033 | 0.051 | −0.009 | −0.055*** | −0.015 | 0.052* | 0.021 |
| (Ref: Black) | (0.014) | (0.022) | (0.033) | (0.031) | (0.013) | (0.018) | (0.027) | (0.025) |
| Hispanic | 0.006 | −0.021 | 0.022 | −0.003 | −0.019* | −0.022 | −0.006 | 0.056* |
| (0.013) | (0.020) | (0.032) | (0.029) | (0.010) | (0.016) | (0.024) | (0.022) | |
| Other | 0.022 | −0.050 | −0.003 | 0.030 | −0.032* | −0.013 | −0.047 | 0.099*** |
| (0.016) | (0.028) | (0.041) | (0.037) | (0.014) | (0.021) | (0.032) | (0.029) | |
| Degree: Master | 0.016 | −0.015 | 0.026 | −0.022 | 0.020* | 0.035* | −0.010 | −0.043* |
| (Ref: Bachelor) | (0.013) | (0.021) | (0.029) | (0.026) | (0.010) | (0.014) | (0.021) | (0.019) |
| Doctorate | – | −0.132 | 0.049 | −0.004 | – | 0.076 | −0.240** | 0.141 |
| – | (0.110) | (0.085) | (0.073) | – | (0.055) | (0.093) | (0.072) | |
| Professional | – | 0.098 | −0.205 | 0.085 | – | – | −0.104 | 0.113 |
| – | (0.087) | (0.168) | (0.130) | – | – | (0.091) | (0.079) | |
| Supervisor | −0.017 | −0.014 | 0.006 | 0.012 | −0.010 | −0.043** | 0.029 | 0.017 |
| (0.011) | (0.017) | (0.025) | (0.023) | (0.010) | (0.015) | (0.020) | (0.018) | |
| Training | −0.040*** | −0.021 | 0.007 | 0.046* | −0.025** | −0.007 | 0.004 | 0.031 |
| (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.