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Title: Employment and Wage Effects of Involuntary Job Separation: Male-Female Differences
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Maxwell, Nan L. D'Amico, Ronald |
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Employment and Wage Effects of Involuntary Job Separation: Male-Female Differences American Economic Review 76,2 (May 1986): 373-377. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1818799 Cohort(s): Young Men, Young Women Publisher: American Economic Association Keyword(s): Displaced Workers; Gender Differences; Job Turnover; Labor Force Participation; Wage Effects Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. A study is undertaken to determine if women fare better or worse than men upon job termination. Analysis examines the role human capital and institutional factors play in explaining the consequences following involuntary job termination. Data are taken from the Young Men and Young Women's panels of the NLS. The results indicate that, while males may have increased displacement rates, once females lose their jobs, they are more likely to have difficulty recovering their initial labor market positions. Striking employment differentials between the sexes exist after displacement, with female unemployment rates about 2 1/2 times greater than rates for males. With prolonged unemployment, women are much more likely to drop out of the workforce than men. Much of the differential can be attributed to gender or to gender-related characteristics. Evidence also suggests that, net of human capital and institutional influences, displaced females also suffer greater wage loss than males. |
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Maxwell, Nan L. and Ronald D'Amico. "Employment and Wage Effects of Involuntary Job Separation: Male-Female Differences." American Economic Review 76,2 (May 1986): 373-377.
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