, women experience longer unemployment and a slightly smaller hourly wage loss after job loss, suggesting that displaced women … trade off job flexibilities to longer job search without widening the gender pay gap. Also, we show that women who are … job. Policy advice is to protect pregnant women against the consequences of dismissal due to firm bankruptcy …

women experience longer unemployment durations and comparable hourly wage losses. Displaced expectant mothers experience … female workers come through longer unemployment instead of higher losses in wages. …

dismissal, are significantly lower among female employees than among males. Only rarely, however, have the reasons for this … also find higher dismissal rates among men than among women. This differential, however, largely disappears once controls … for industry and occupation are included. These findings suggest that the observed gender differential primarily reflects …

women experience longer unemployment durations and comparable hourly wage losses. Displaced expectant mothers experience … female workers come through longer unemployment instead of higher losses in wages …

promotion (dismissal). In line with the interpretation of absenteeism as a proxy for effort, instrumental variable analyses …-related absence is triggered exogenously. We observe no consistent gender differences in the link between absence and subsequent …

gender of the job loser. Finally, we document that parenthood magnifies the gender gap sharply: while fathers of young …

gender of the job loser. Finally, we document that parenthood magnifies the gender gap sharply: while fathers of young …

gender gap sharply. Finally, displaced women spend less time on job search and apply for lower-paid jobs, highlighting the …

Empirical studies have consistently reported that rates of involuntary job separation, or dismissal, are significantly … dismissal rates among men than among women. This differential, however, largely disappears once controls for industry and … occupation are included. These findings suggest that the observed gender differential primarily reflects systematic differences …

countries and led to gender convergence in aggregate unemployment rates. In this paper we seek the sources of this recent … convergence by using Social Security records on individuals to study the determinants of unemployment ins and outs over the course … of a whole business cycle, i.e. 2000‐2013. We focus on Spain – a country hit hard by unemployment increases in downturns …