Part-time jobs are popular among partnered women in many countries. In the Netherlands the majority of partnered … working women have a part-time job. Our paper investigates, from a supply-side perspective, if the current situation of … abundant part-time work in the Netherlands is likely to be a transitional phase that will culminate in many women working full …

We present a theoretical explanation of the gender wage gap which turns on the interaction between men and women in … households. In equilibria where men are over-represented in fulltime work, we show that firms rationally choose to hire women … industry of workers and does so in a competitive labor market where there exist no inherent gender differences. We test our …

We present a theoretical explanation of the gender wage gap which turns on the interaction between men and women in … households. In equilibria where men are over-represented in fulltime work, we show that firms rationally choose to hire women … industry of workers and does so in a competitive labor market where there exist no inherent gender differences. We test our …

-timers, part-time working women are as likely to receive training as full-time working women. Although we cannot rule out gender … gender-specific stereotyping. In the Netherlands, for women it is common to work part-time. More than half of the prime age …-working time specific monopsony power, we speculate that the gender-specific effect of working hours on training has to do with …