This study analyses the effects of performance appraisal on the levels of job satisfaction
reported by workers without and with disabilities (aged 16–64) by gender. Particularly, we
are interested in investigating the impact of monetary rewards such as pay, bonuses, future
raises and potential promotion on job satisfaction by disability status and checking differences
by gender. Our data come from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the
years 2004, 2008, 2011 and 2016. We estimate job satisfaction equations running a fixed
effect "Probit Adapted OLS" model. We find that males with disabilities are less likely to
be satisfied with their jobs when they are subject to performance appraisal with monetary
effects (appraisals with both short and long-term rewards explain this result), whereas the
opposite result is found for females with disabilities (in the case of receiving long-term
rewards). We estimate the association of these performance appraisal schemes with recognition
from superiors, and with their efforts, personal advances and pay, and we find a
coherent pattern with previous results.
