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Life-cycle patterns in male/female differences in job search

Kunze, Astrid; Troske, Kenneth R.
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2010-01
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Abstract
We investigate whether women search longer for a job than men and whether these

differences change over the life cycle. Our empirical analysis exploits German

register data on highly attached displaced workers. We apply duration models to

analyze gender differences in job search taking into account observed and unobserved

worker heterogeneity and censoring. Simple survival functions show that displaced

women take longer to find a new job than comparable men. Disaggregation by age

groups reveals that these differences are driven by differential behavior of prime age

women. There is no significant difference in job search duration among the very

young and older workers. These differential outcomes remain even after we control

for differences in human capital, and when time dependence and unobserved

heterogeneity are incorporated into the model.
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Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. Department of Economics
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2010:2

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