Arbeitspapier
Gender gaps from labor market shocks
Job loss leads to persistent adverse labor market outcomes, but assessments of gender differences in labor market recovery are lacking. We utilize plant closures in Denmark to estimate gender gaps in labor market outcomes and document that women face an increased risk of unemployment and lose a larger share of their earnings in the two years following job displacement. When accounting for observable differences in human Capital across men and women, half of the gender gap in unemployment remains. In a standard decomposition framework, we document that child care imposes an important barrier to women's labor market recovery regardless of individual characteristics.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Upjohn Institute Working Paper ; No. 23-387
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
- Subject
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gender gaps
child care
job loss
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Ivandic, Ria
Lassen, Anne Sophie
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
- (where)
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Kalamazoo, MI
- (when)
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2023
- DOI
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doi:10.17848/wp23-387
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Ivandic, Ria
- Lassen, Anne Sophie
- W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Time of origin
- 2023
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