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http://dx.doi.org/10.5351/KJAS.2009.22.2.281

A Study on the Satisfaction of Self-Employed  

Oh, Yu-Jin (Department of Finance, University of Colorado)
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The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics / v.22, no.2, 2009 , pp. 281-296 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study examines the job and life satisfactions of the self-employed. It uses the Korean Labour and Income Panel Study(KLIPS, hereafter) data for 1998 and 2004. We examine the phases of satisfaction and what variables influence satisfaction for both years and compare the results in order to see what changed between the two regimes. We make use of k-means clustering to divide self-employed into similar degrees of satisfaction. As a result, we are able to classify the self-employed into three groups(low, medium and high) both for the two regimes. High groups consists of relatively younger, well-educated, low working dates, higher proportion of woman than other groups. As a result of regression analysis, we have some evidence that women are more satisfied than men for job satisfaction and that the existence of income is more important than the amount of income for life satisfaction. The age, education, satisfaction for working place, and health are significant to both satisfactions.
Keywords
Self-employed; job satisfaction; life satisfaction; cluster analysis; regression analysis;
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