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Gender-biased technological change : milking machines and the exodus of women from farming
Ager, Philipp; Goñi, Marc; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2023
This paper studies the link between gender-biased technological change in the agricultural sector and structural … women moved to urban areas where they acquired a higher level of education and found better-paid employment. These findings … the gender division of labor in the agricultural sector. We also quantify significant inter-generational effects of this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014319184
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Competition and career advancement
Johnsen, Julian; Ku, Hyejin; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2023
policies, flexible work arrangements, and gender equality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014319662
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Competition and Career Advancement: The Hidden Costs of Paid Leave
Johnsen, Julian V.; Ku, Hyejin; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2020
Does leave-taking matter for young workers' careers? If so, why? We propose the competition effect—relative leave status of workers affecting their relative standing inside the firm—as a new explanation. Exploiting a policy reform that exogenously assigned four-week paid paternity leave to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270274
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Competition and career advancement: the hidden costs of paid leave
Johnsen, Julian; Ku, Hyejin; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2020
Does leave-taking matter for young workers' careers? If so, why? We propose the competition effect - relative leave status of workers affecting their relative standing inside the firm - as a new explanation. Exploiting a policy reform that exogenously assigned four-week paid paternity leave to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012266602
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The role of parenthood on the gender gap among top earners
Bütikofer, Aline; Jensen, Sissel; Salvanes, Kjell G. - In: European economic review : EER 109 (2018), pp. 103-123
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012128544
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The role of parenthood on the gender gap among top earners
Bütikofer, Aline; Jensen, Sissel; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011869274
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The role of parenthood on the gender gap among top earners
Butikofer, Aline; Jensen, Sissel; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011947650
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Income Inequality and Mortality : A Norwegian Perspective
Butikofer, Aline; Karadakic, René; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2021
While Norway has experienced income growth accompanied by a large decline in mortality during the past several decades, little is known about the distribution of these improvements in longevity across the income distribution. Using municipality level income and mortality data, we show that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013249737
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The Career Effects of Union Membership
Dodini, Samuel; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Willén, Alexander; … - 2023
We combine exogenous variation in union membership with detailed administrative data and a novel field survey to estimate the career effects of labor union membership. In the survey, we show how workers perceive the role of unions in setting wages and determining work amenities. In the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377088
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Gender-Biased Technological Change: Milking Machines and the Exodus of Women from Farming
Ager, Philipp; Goñi, Marc; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2023
This paper studies the link between gender-biased technological change in the agricultural sector and structural … women moved to urban areas where they acquired a higher level of education and found better-paid employment. These findings … the gender division of labor in the agricultural sector. We also quantify significant inter-generational effects of this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377250