کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
971549 932358 2012 12 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
A search interpretation of the family gap
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
A search interpretation of the family gap
چکیده انگلیسی

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.


► This paper proposes a general equilibrium search model to study the family gap.
► For college graduates, employed mothers search 70% less than non-mothers.
► More than 50% of the family gap can be explained by the behavior differences.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Labour Economics - Volume 19, Issue 2, April 2012, Pages 186–197
نویسندگان
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