Title | Female Labor Force Intermittency and Current Earnings: A Switching Regression Model with Unknown Sample Selection |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2005 |
Authors | Hotchkiss, JL, M. Pitts, M |
Journal | Applied Economics |
Volume | 37 |
Issue | 5 |
Pagination | 545-560 |
Call Number | pubs_2005_SSRNid487382.pdf |
Keywords | Employment and Labor Force, Income, Women and Minorities |
Abstract | Using the Health and Retirement Survey, this paper finds a 16 percent selectivity-corrected wage penalty among women who engage in intermittent labor market activity. This penalty is experienced at a low level of intermittent activity but appears not to play an important role in a woman's decision to undertake such activity. In addition, employer preferences appear to play a larger role than human capital atrophy in the determination of the wage penalty. |
DOI | 10.1080/0003684042000307003 |
Endnote Keywords | Labor Force/Income/Women, Working |
Endnote ID | 13442 |
Citation Key | 7004 |