The role of labor market intermittency in explaining gender wage differentials

Using the Health and Retirement Survey and standard wage decomposition techniques, this paper finds that the difference in intermittent labor force participation between men and women accounts for 47 percent of the contribution to the wage gap of differences in observed characteristics. Not controlling for intermittent behavior results in too much importance being placed on gender differences in job characteristics.

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Year of publication:	2007
Authors:	Hotchkiss, Julie L. ; Pitts, M. Melinda
Publisher:	Atlanta, GA : Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Subject:	Erwerbsverlauf \| Lohndifferenzierung \| Fraueneinkommen \| Empirische Methode \| USA \| gender wage differentials \| Oaxaca decomposition \| intermittent labor supply \| time allocation

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Series:	Working Paper ; 2007-1
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	572361750 [GVK] hdl:10419/70614 [Handle]
Classification:	J31 - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials by Skill, Training, Occupation, etc ; J22 - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Source:	EconStor

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