Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Uppsala University
No 2008:10:
The Labor Market Consequences of Gender Differences in Job Search
Stefan Eriksson ()
and Jonas Lagerström ()
Abstract: This paper studies gender differences in labor market
outcomes using data from an Internetbased CV database. The women in the
database get fewer firm contacts than men, and we show that this is partly
explained by differences in education, experience and other skills, is not
explained by differences in occupation and place of residence, and to a
large extent is explained by differences in geographical search area. When
we take into account differences in search area, the negative gender effect
disappears. However, the results differ somewhat across subgroups: For
highly skilled women a negative gender effect remains.
Keywords: Job Search; Gender Differences; Discrimination; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: J61; J71; (follow links to similar papers)
16 pages, October 24, 2008
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