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Author: Zhang, Yahong
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A Search Interpretation of the Family Gap Labour Economics 19,2 (April 2012): 186-197. Also: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537111001102 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Elsevier Keyword(s): Job Search; Labor Force Participation; Maternal Employment; Mothers; Wage Differentials; Wage Gap This paper proposes a general equilibrium search model to investigate what is known as the family gap: wage differentials between mothers and non-mothers. In the human capital literature a substantial amount of the family gap is left unexplained after controlling for schooling and experience. This paper suggests that differences in labor market behavior between mothers and non-mothers are an important factor in explaining the family gap. For college graduates, estimation results show that employed mothers search 70% less than non-mothers and more than 50% of the family gap can be explained by the labor market behavior differences between mothers and non-mothers. Such differences, however, can not explain the family gap for high school graduates. |
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Zhang, Yahong. "A Search Interpretation of the Family Gap ." Labour Economics 19,2 (April 2012): 186-197.
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