Abstract

This article examines the effect of sex, caregiving, and work-family reconciliation needs on overall job quality, as well as its objective and subjective dimensions. Using data from the 2009-2010 National Survey on Employment, Work, Health, and Quality of Life of Male and Female Workers in Chile (ENETS), valid and reliable multidimensional indexes of job quality are constructed. The model estimations indicate that being female, a sole caregiver, and having reconciliation needs exert negative effects on job quality, but with different intensities. Additionally, personal and work-related factors lend heterogeneity to the measurement of the objective and subjective dimensions, thus indicating the importance of a differential measurement to better understand this phenomenon.