Good jobs and bad jobs: the effect of globalisation on the perceived job quality of workers with different skill levels

The increasing inequality as a consequence of globalisation requires more attention to the role of education. The aim of the present study is to contribute to the understanding of the micro-implications of the compensation hypothesis by researching the effect of increasing globalisation on the perceived job quality of workers with different skill levels. A sample of six advanced economies (Germany, Hungary, Norway, Israel, United Kingdom, and United States) is used to test the theoretical assumption that globalisation tends to deteriorate the perceived job quality of relatively low-educated workers but tends to strengthen the perceived job quality of relatively high-educated workers. Data from the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) Work Orientations survey is used to compute the weighted average of job values and job outcomes to determine the subjective job quality of individual respondents. Using regression analysis, the findings indicate significant support for...Show moreThe increasing inequality as a consequence of globalisation requires more attention to the role of education. The aim of the present study is to contribute to the understanding of the micro-implications of the compensation hypothesis by researching the effect of increasing globalisation on the perceived job quality of workers with different skill levels. A sample of six advanced economies (Germany, Hungary, Norway, Israel, United Kingdom, and United States) is used to test the theoretical assumption that globalisation tends to deteriorate the perceived job quality of relatively low-educated workers but tends to strengthen the perceived job quality of relatively high-educated workers. Data from the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) Work Orientations survey is used to compute the weighted average of job values and job outcomes to determine the subjective job quality of individual respondents. Using regression analysis, the findings indicate significant support for globalisation having asymmetric effects on the subjective job quality of workers with different skill levels. However, the small coefficients suggest that the effects are presumably trivial. Suggestions for future research are discussed based on the limitations and strengths of the study.Show less

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