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1. Mincer, Jacob
Education and Unemployment of Women
Technical Paper No 10. Washington, DC: National Center on Education and Employment, 1991
Cohort(s): Mature Women, Young Women
Publisher: National Center on Education and Employment
Keyword(s): Educational Attainment; Gender Differences; Job Turnover; Labor Force Participation; Unemployment; Women; Work Attachment

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The positive correlation between higher educational attainment and lower unemployment is as strong for females as for males. However, analysis of statistical data on female workers drawn from the NLS of Mature and Young Women, and comparison with the findings of an earlier study on the relationship between educational attainment and unemployment for males, point to the following sex differences: (1) educational differences in on-the-job training are related to low turnover among men; (2) educational differences in labor force attachment are related to low turnover among women; (3) educational differences in the duration of unemployment are negligible among females; and (4) educational differences in the duration of unemployment among males are small but observable. Recent growth in women's work attachment has reduced their inter-labor force turnover and their unemployment rate to the point of eliminating the sex differential. On-the-job training of women appears to have increased but it still remains skimpy. [ERIC ED324376]
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Mincer, Jacob. Education and Unemployment of Women. Technical Paper No 10. Washington, DC: National Center on Education and Employment, 1991.