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Back-to-front down-under? : Part-time/full-time wage differentials in Australia
Booth, Alison L. (contributor); Wood, Margi (contributor) - 2006
In 2003, part-time employment in Australia accounted for over 42% of the Australian female workforce, nearly 17% of the … proportion of working women employed part-time and Australia tops the OECD league in terms of its proportion of working men who … first four waves of the new Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey. We find that, once unobserved …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003465723
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Do employers discriminate by gender? : a field experiment in female-dominated occupations
Booth, Alison L.; Leigh, Andrew - 2010
We test for gender discrimination by sending fake CVs to apply for entry-level jobs. Female candidates are more likely to receive a callback, with the difference being largest in occupations that are more female-dominated. -- Discrimination ; field experiments ; employment ; gender
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003934119
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A long-run view of the university gender gap in Australia
Booth, Alison L.; Kee, Hiau Joo - 2010
so-called 'knowledge industries' fed into an increased demand in Australia for better-educated workers. As the twentieth … study. -- Higher education ; gender ; Australia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003959990
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Cognitive skills, gender and risk preferences
Booth, Alison L.; Katic, Pamela - 2012
In this paper we utilise data from a unique new birth-cohort study to see how the risk preferences of young people are affected by cognitive skills and gender. We find that cognitive ability (measured by the percentile ranking for university entrance at age 18) has no effect on risk preferences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009665552