The Gender Gap in Earnings Losses After Job Displacement

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Illing, Hannah; Schmieder, Johannes; Trenkle, Simon
• 署名单位: University of Bonn; Boston University; IZA Institute Labor Economics
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1542-4766
• DOI: 10.1093/jeea/jvae019
• 发表日期: 2024
• 页码: 2108-2147
• 关键词: workers; INEQUALITY; EMPLOYMENT; DYNAMICS; couples

摘要

We compare men and women who are displaced from similar jobs by applying an event study design combined with propensity score matching and reweighting to administrative data from Germany. After a mass layoff, women's earnings losses are about 35% higher than men's, with the gap persisting 5 years after displacement. This is partly explained by women taking up more part-time employment, but even women's full-time wage losses are almost 50% higher than men's. Parenthood magnifies the gender gap sharply. Finally, displaced women spend less time on job search and apply for lower-paid jobs, highlighting the importance of labor supply decisions.