Life-cycle patterns in male/female differences in job search
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2010-01Metadata
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Abstract
We investigate whether women search longer for a job than men and whether these
differences change over the life cycle. Our empirical analysis exploits German
register data on highly attached displaced workers. We apply duration models to
analyze gender differences in job search taking into account observed and unobserved
worker heterogeneity and censoring. Simple survival functions show that displaced
women take longer to find a new job than comparable men. Disaggregation by age
groups reveals that these differences are driven by differential behavior of prime age
women. There is no significant difference in job search duration among the very
young and older workers. These differential outcomes remain even after we control
for differences in human capital, and when time dependence and unobserved
heterogeneity are incorporated into the model.
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Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. Department of EconomicsSeries
Discussion paper2010:2