PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Krueger, Alan B.
AU  - Schkade, David
TI  - Sorting in the Labor Market
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.43.4.859
DP  - 2008 Oct 02
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - 859--883
VI  - 43
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/43/4/859.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/43/4/859.full
SO  - J Hum Resour2008 Oct 02; 43
AB  - This paper tests a central implication of the theory of equalizing differences, that workers sort into jobs with different attributes based on their preferences. We present evidence from four new time-use data sets for the United States and France suggesting that workers who are more gregarious, as revealed by their behavior when they are not working, tend to be employed in jobs that involve more social interactions. We also find that workers report substantially higher levels of job satisfaction and net affect while at work if their jobs entail frequent interactions with coworkers and other desirable working conditions.