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Kunze, Astrid - 2014

This study investigates whether and when during the life cycle women fall behind in terms of career progression because of children. We use 1987-1997 Norwegian panel data that contain information on individuals' position in their career hierarchy as well as a direct measure of their promotions....

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Women's Careers and Family Formation

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian; Walther, Selma - 2023

This paper discusses research on the relationship between fertility and women's labour force participation. It surveys methods used to obtain causal identification, and provides an overview of the evidence of causal effects in both directions. We highlight a few themes that we regard as...

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Gender Gaps in Spain : Family Issues and the Career Development of College Educated Men and Women

González de San Román, Ainara - 2012

Our goal in this paper is to focus on highly educated men and women and try to explore the trade‐offs between family and working career in Spain, where changes in female behavior with respect to the labor market have been relatively recent but rather important. We compare male and female...

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Temporal Flexibility, Breaks at Work, and the Motherhood Wage Gap

Giménez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, Jose Alberto; … - 2022

We analyze the relationship between temporal flexibility at work (i.e., the ability to vary or change the time of beginning or ending work) and the motherhood wage gap of working parents, in the US. To that end, we first characterize temporal flexibility at work using the 2017-2018 Leave and Job...

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The Impact of Female Employment on Male Wages and Careers : Evidence from the English Banking Industry, 1890-1941

Seltzer, Andrew - 2012

The late 19th and early 20th century British labour market experienced an influx of female clerical workers. Employers argued that female employment increased opportunities for men to advance; however, most male clerks regarded this expansion of the labour supply as a threat to their pay and...

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Promotion and Wages in Mid-Career : Gender, Unionism, and Sector

Addison, John T. - 2012

This paper considers the role of gender in the promotion process and the impact of promotion on wages and wage growth …, using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79). Its focus is upon mid-career promotion and wages … promoted in the private sector (and no less likely in the public sector); that wages are increasing in promotion, and the …

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Working Time Flexibility and Parental 'Quality Time' Spent with Children

Magda, Iga - 2018

The aim of our paper is to analyse the relationship between working time flexibility and parental time devoted to children. Using data from a large panel survey of Polish households carried out in 2013 and 2014 (Determinants of Educational Decisions Household Panel Survey, UDE) we investigate...

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The Timing of Work and Work-Family Conflicts in Spain : Who Has a Split Work Schedule and Why?

Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina - 2009

Spain, as other south-Mediterranean countries, is characterized for the predominance of split work schedules. Split work schedules typically consist of 5 hours of work in the morning (typically from 9 am to 2 pm), followed by a 2 hour break and another 3 hours of work in the afternoon/evening...

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Allocating Effort and Talent in Professional Labor Markets

Barlevy, Gadi - 2016

In many professional service firms, new associates work long hours while competing in up-or-out promotion contests. Our model explores why these firms require young professionals to take on heavy work loads while simultaneously facing significant risks of dismissal. We argue that the...

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Career or Flexible Work Arrangements? Gender Differences in Self-Employment in a Young Market Economy

buttler, dominik - 2019

We examine supply-side determinants of transition from the wage and salary sector to self-employment of women and men living Poland. The empirical analysis is made possible due to a unique and under explored longitudinal survey – Social Diagnosis – that contains rare indicators such as job...

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