PANEL ESTIMATES OF MALE AND FEMALE JOB TURNOVER BEHAVIOR - CAN FEMALE NONQUITTERS BE IDENTIFIED

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: LIGHT, A; URETA, M
• 署名单位: Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/298283
• 发表日期: 1992
• 页码: 156-181
• 关键词: sex-differences; workers; wages

摘要

Using National Longitudinal Survey data, we estimate proportional hazard models in order to learn whether it is more difficult for employers to identify female nonquitters than male nonquitters. We find that women may be a higher risk than men in the overall sample because they are more likely to be movers for unobserved reasons. When we focus on a relatively recent birth cohort, however, we find that it is no longer difficult to identify female nonquitters. Unobserved heterogeneity becomes an insignificant factor among women, and virtually all determinants of turnover are observable at the time of hire.