Estimates of the impact of labour market attachment and attitudes on the female wage

Joanna K. Swaffield

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9957.2007.01021.x

Estimates of the impact of labour market attachment and attitudes on the female wage

Joanna K. Swaffield

Economics

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Abstract

This paper estimates the returns to full-time and part-time experience and the impact of career interruptions on the female wage using detailed labour market history data from the British Household Panel Survey, 1991-97. We show that the effect of time out of the labour market varies across activity undertaken while out, gender and degree of male occupational domination. Estimates of the unexplained portion of the gender wage differential are shown to reduce by almost 40 per cent when these detailed measures of labour market experience are used. Finally, we show that labour market attitudes have a significant impact on the female wage.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	349-371
Number of pages	23
Journal	Manchester School
Volume	75
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9957.2007.01021.x
Publication status	Published - 2007

Keywords

GENDER EARNINGS DIFFERENTIALS
GAP
WORK
PAY
DISCRIMINATION
COHORT
ROLES
WOMEN

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