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Abstract In this paper, we use data of the German socio-economic panel (SOEP) for the years 2005, 2007, and 2009 in order to analyze the impact of subjective fairness perceptions of own labor income on job satisfaction and quit intentions of male and female employees. In pooled cross-section and in panel estimates with person specific fixed effects, we find that unfair wage perceptions are of statistical and economic significance. Gender specific differences are small. Workers with unfair wage perception report on average lower job satisfaction by about 4 to 6 percent and higher quit intentions by about 15 to 23 percent. Zusammenfassung In diesem Beitrag untersuchen wir mit Daten des Sozio-okonomischen Panels (SOEP) fur die Jahre 2005, 2007 und 2009 den Einfluss der subjektiven Gerechtigkeitsbeurteilung des eigenen Arbeitseinkommens auf die Arbeitszufriedenheit und die Kundigungsabsichten von mannlichen und weiblichen Arbeitnehmern. Wir finden sowohl in unseren gepoolten Querschnittschatzungen als auch in...
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