Gender gap decomposition in employment rate of young people

IF 2.1 Q2 ECONOMICS

Economics & Sociology Pub Date : 2023-04-01 DOI:10.14254/2071-789x.2023/16-1/5

M. Consuelo Colom Andrés, M. Cruz Molés Machí

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Abstract

Differences in behavior between women and men have long been observed in the labor market. Occupational segregation, lack of equal opportunities and lower wages are still linked to the lower opportunity cost that leaving the labor market implies for women. In this paper we analyze, using decomposition techniques, the gap in the employment rate between young women and men. These techniques allow us to separate the weight of observed characteristics from the weight of preferences or unobserved factors. Our results reveal that both types of factors are relevant in the gender gap in the employment rate. Preferences or unobserved factors, such as the different perception that both genders have of family and involvement of women in housework, which leads to greater female labor abandonment, are likely to be behind the gender gap in the case of already having job.

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青年就业率的性别差距分解

长期以来，人们在劳动力市场上观察到男女之间的行为差异。职业隔离、缺乏平等机会和较低的工资仍然与离开劳动力市场对妇女意味着较低的机会成本有关。在本文中，我们分析，使用分解技术，青年女性和男性之间的就业率差距。这些技术使我们能够将观察到的特征的权重与偏好或未观察到的因素的权重分开。我们的研究结果表明，这两种因素都与就业率的性别差距有关。在已经有工作的情况下，偏好或未观察到的因素，例如两性对家庭和妇女参与家务的不同看法，导致女性更大程度地放弃劳动，可能是造成性别差距的原因。

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Economics & Sociology ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

5.40

自引率

6.70%

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审稿时长

24 weeks

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