Arbeitspapier
Gender differences in the skill content of jobs
There is significant heterogeneity in actual skill use within occupations even though occupations are differentiated by the tasks workers should perform during work. Using data on 12 countries which are available both in the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies survey and International Social Survey Program, we show that women use their cognitive skills less than men even within the same occupation. The gap in skill intensity cannot be explained by differences in worker characteristics or in cognitive skills. Instead, we show that living in a partnership significantly increases the skill use of men compared with women. We argue that having a partner affects skill use through time allocation as the gender penalty of partnered women is halved once we control for working hours and hours spent on housework. Finally, we do not find evidence of workplace discrimination against women.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: CERS-IE Working Papers ; No. CERS-IE WP - 2021/2
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Time Allocation and Labor Supply
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- Thema
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Gender Gaps
Time Allocation
Human Capital
Skills
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Pető, Rita
Reizer, Balázs
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies
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Budapest
- (wann)
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2021
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Pető, Rita
- Reizer, Balázs
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies
Entstanden
- 2021
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