Gender unemployment gaps in the EU: blame the family

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985998%3A_____%2F16%3A00468881" target="_blank" >RIV/67985998:_____/16:00468881 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40174-016-0072-3" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40174-016-0072-3</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40174-016-0072-3" target="_blank" >10.1186/s40174-016-0072-3</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Gender unemployment gaps in the EU: blame the family

Original language description

There are considerable differences in gender unemployment gaps across the EU. We use labor force survey data on 21 countries to perform a series of data decompositions and show that the cross-country variation in gender unemployment gaps is primarily driven by the differences in female labor force participation behavior after childbirth, namely, the family leave duration and the subsequent attachment of women to the labor force. Further, in countries where a high share of women permanently withdraw from the labor force after childbirth, the size of gender differences in unemployment strongly correlates with the Eurobarometer measure of perceived overall gender discrimination. Our findings suggest that family leave policies and institutions that facilitate the leave to work transition and the work-family balance are crucial to tackle the gender differences in unemployment in countries where the female unemployment rate exceeds that of men.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AH - Economics

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GBP402%2F12%2FG130" target="_blank" >GBP402/12/G130: The relationships between skills, schooling and labor market outcomes: A longitudinal study</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

IZA Journal of European Labor Studies

ISSN

2193-9012

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

5

Issue of the periodical within the volume

22

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

31

Pages from-to

1-31

UT code for WoS article

000396487700002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85015356607