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Multiple glass ceilings
Russo, Giovanni; Hassink, Wolter H. J. - 2011
Both vertical (between job levels) and horizontal (within job levels) mobility can be sources of wage growth. We find that the glass ceiling operates at both margins. The unexplained part of the wage gap grows across job levels (glass ceiling at the vertical margin) and across the deciles of the...
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Maternity leave and its consequences for subsequent careers in Germany
Franz, Nele Elisa - 2014
subcategories defined by age and point in time. We use data from the German Socioeconomic Panel from 1984 to 2011 to show the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010351411
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Comparing the part-time wage gap in Germany and the Netherlands
Wolf, Elke - 2001
In this paper, I contrast the quality of part-time jobs - in terms of hourly wage rates - with those of full-timers. Using the Netherlands as a benchmark, helps to assess the size and seriousness of the estimated wage differentials in Germany. Based on two comparable household surveys, I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445955
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Maternity leave and its consequences for subsequent careers in Germany
Franz, Nele Elisa - 2014
do not face a parental interruption. We estimate OLS regression models for different subcategories defined by age and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010461968
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Wives' Work and Family Income Mobility
Bradbury, Katharine - 2007
Married women in the United States are increasingly integral to their families' economic well-being. With two-earner families becoming the norm, little research investigates the role of wives in family income mobility. How much does a wife's labor market activity matter in her family's ability...
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Why Do Women's Wages Increase So Slowly Throughout Their Career? A Dynamic Model of Statistical Discrimination
Sofer, Catherine - 2010
's career, followed by a larger wage differential; this is partly due to a lower level of human capital investment by women and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012717141
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The Part-Time Wage Penalty : A Career Perspective
Russo, Giovanni; Hassink, Wolter H.J - 2021
negative effects on workers' career. This may be the case when firms use promotions to stimulate skill acquisition and human … capital accumulation or when they base their work incentive schemes on performance measures that are affected by the number of … find that the part-time wage penalty does not arise at the onset of a career as young workers join the labor market but …
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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...
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English skills, labour market status and earnings of Turkish women
Di Paolo, Antonio; Tansel, Aysıt - 2019
In this paper, we investigate the effect of the level of English skills on the labour market outcomes of Turkish women, using data from the Adult Education Survey of 2007. By adopting a bivariate equation framework, we jointly model the effect of English skills on labour market status and,...
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Reaching the top or falling behind? : the role of occupational segregation in women's chances of finding a high-paying job over the life-cycle
Gutierrez, Federico H. - 2018
restricted as workers age, suggesting a previously undocumented type of 'glass ceiling' in the U.S. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012150170