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The Part-Time Wage Penalty in European Countries : How Large is it for Men?

O'Dorchai, Sile - 2007

penalty for male workers in six European countries (i.e., Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Spain, and the UK). Findings show … 28 percent in Denmark and Italy, to 67 percent in the UK and to 149 percent in Ireland. Human capital differences explain … remains unexplained by differences in observed characteristics (except in Italy). Overall, results suggest that policy …

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Part-Time Work, Gender and Job Satisfaction : Evidence from a Developing Country

López Bóo, Florencia - 2009

This paper investigates the relationship between part-time work and job satisfaction using a recent household survey from Honduras. In contrast to previous work for developed countries, this paper does not find a preference for part-time work among women. Instead, both women and men tend to...

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The Impact of Part-Time Work on Firm Total Factor Productivity : Evidence from Italy

Devicienti, Francesco - 2015

In this paper, we explore the impact of part-time work on firm productivity. Using a large panel data set of Italian corporations' balance sheets for the period 2000-2010, we first estimate the total factor productivity (TFP) of each firm for each year. We use different approaches aimed at...

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Which are the Benefits of Having More Female Leaders? Evidence from the Use of Part-Time Work in Italy

Devicienti, Francesco - 2016

Using three waves of a uniquely rich survey on Italian private firms, we explore the impact of female managers on the use of part-time work. Building on a literature arguing that female leaders are more sensitive to their employees' needs and more self-transcendent than their male counterparts,...

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The Effect of Part-Time Work on Post-Secondary Educational Attainment : New Evidence from French Data

Beffy, Magali - 2010

In this paper, we provide new evidence on the effect of part-time work on postsecondary educational attainment. To do so, we use samples extracted from the French Labor Force Surveys conducted over the years 1992-2002. These samples are restricted to students in initial education following...

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Part-Time Work, Wages and Productivity : Evidence from Belgian Matched Panel Data

Garnero, Andrea - 2013

The authors use matched employer-employee panel data on Belgian private-sector firms to estimate the relationship between wage/productivity differentials and the firm's labor composition in terms of part-time and sex. Findings suggest that the groups of women and part-timers generate employer...

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Income Support Policies for Part-Time Workers : A Stepping-Stone to Regular Jobs? An Application to Young Long-Term Unemployed Women in Belgium

Cockx, Bart - 2007

history is observed from 1998 to 2001, we implement the quot;timing of eventsquot; approach proposed by Abbring and Van den …

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Part-time Employment Can Be a Life-Time Setback for Earnings : A Study of British Women 1975-2001

Connolly, Sara; Gregory, Mary - 2021

Two particular features of the position of women in the British labour market are the extensive role of part-time work and the large part-time pay penalty. Part-time work features most prominently when women are in their 30s, the peak childcare years and, particularly for more educated women, a...

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Assessing the Importance of Male and Female Part-Time Work for the Gender Earnings Gap in Britain

Mumford, Karen; Smith, Peter N. - 2021

This study examines the role of individual characteristics, occupation, industry, region, and workplace characteristics in accounting for differences in hourly earnings between men and women in full and part-time jobs in Britain. A four-way gender-working time split (male full-timers, male...

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Female Labour Supply, Flexibility of Working Hours, and Job Mobility in the Netherlands

Euwals, Rob - 2021

In the empirical literature on labour supply, several static models are developed to incorporate constraints on working hours. These models do not address to what extent working hours are constrained within jobs, and to what extent working hours can be adjusted by means of changing employer. The...

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