fiscal shocks and non-fiscal shocks on the gender composition of employment. We show that contractionary non-fiscal shocks …

subsample 1975{1997. It extends the analytical framework of Card and Lemieux (2001) which simultaneously includes skill and age … groups and between those of different age, taking account of the endogeneity of wages and employment. Compared to estimates …

earnings suggest that at lower levels of education, female labor force participation is driven by necessity rather than … by economic push factors and social status effects. Only at the highest education levels do we see evidence of pull …

, breakdowns are provided by ethnic origin, marital status, age and education level. While most of the results are both expected … National Insurance Institute. The paper focuses on gender differences in work history patterns and, within each gender …’s labor market attachment is stronger than is generally presumed. Gender differences in employment interruptions are greater …

becomes higher but there is no persistence of the supply shock. Higher education prevents this intertemporal multiplication of …

and male prime-age workers. Conversely, the effect is very weak for women and insignificant for older workers …