EconStor Community: Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/64868
Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex2024-03-29T09:57:33ZWorker productivity during Covid-19 and adaptation to working from home
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/284116
Title: Worker productivity during Covid-19 and adaptation to working from home
Authors: Burdett, Ashley; Etheridge, Ben; Tang, Li; Wang, Yikai
Abstract: We examine reported productivity changes of workers over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, which we validate against external metrics. On average, workers report being at least as productive as before the pandemic's onset. However, this average masks substantial heterogeneity, which is linked to job quality, gender, the presence of children, and ease of working from home. As the pandemic progressed, those who previously performed well at home were more likely to remain there. Building on these findings, we estimate factors affecting productivity outcomes across locations controlling for endogenous selection. We find that those in "good" jobs (with managerial duties and working for large firms) were advantaged specifically in the home environment. More generally we find an effect of key personality traits - agreeableness and conscientiousness - on productivity outcomes across locations.2023-01-01T00:00:00ZGender differences in job mobility and pay progression in the UK
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/284114
Title: Gender differences in job mobility and pay progression in the UK
Authors: Avram, Silvia; Harkness, Susan; Popova, Daria
Abstract: Understanding disparities in the rates at which men and women's wages grow over the life course is critical to explaining the gender pay gap. Using panel data from 2009 to 2019 for the United Kingdom, we examine how differences in the rates and types of job mobility of men and women - with and without children - influence the evolution of wages. We contrast the rates and wage returns associated with different types of job moves, including moving employer for family reason, moving for wage or career-related reasons, and changing jobs but remaining with the same employer. Despite overall levels of mobility being similar for men and women, we find important differences in the types of mobility they experience, with mothers most likely to switch employers for family related reasons and least likely to move for wage or career reasons, or to change jobs with the same employer. We find that, while job changes with the same employer and career related employer changes have large positive wage returns, changing employers for family related reasons is associated with significant wage losses. Our findings show that differences in the types of mobility experienced by mothers compared to other workers provide an important part of the explanation for their lower wage growth and play a crucial role in explaining the emergence of the motherhood wage gap in the years after birth.2023-01-01T00:00:00ZLabour market expectations and occupational choice: Evidence from teaching
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/284113
Title: Labour market expectations and occupational choice: Evidence from teaching
Authors: Fullard, Joshua
Abstract: Using new data on teachers' intentions to leave the profession, subjective expectations about labour market outcomes and a modified discrete-choice experiment we find that i) teachers are systematically misinformed about population earnings, and misinformation is correlated with attrition intentions; ii) non-pecuniary factors are the most cost-effective method of reducing teacher attrition; and iii) attrition intentions are more affected by reductions in workplace amenities than symmetric improvements, suggesting preventing cuts is more important that rolling out more generous benefits. Linking our survey data to teachers' administrative records we provide the first evidence that teachers attrition intentions are strong predictors of actual behaviour.2023-01-01T00:00:00ZTeacher grade predictions for ethnic minority groups: Evidence from England
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/284115
Title: Teacher grade predictions for ethnic minority groups: Evidence from England
Authors: Burn, Hester; Fumagalli, Laura; Rabe, Birgitta
Abstract: We explore whether teachers have different predictions for the examination performance of ethnic minority students relative to White British students. We exploit an exogenous change in assessment methods to compare grades based on teacher predictions to grades received through actual blindly marked examinations. Relative to White British students, teachers appear to have higher predictions for ethnic minority students' examination performance in maths and lower predictions for ethnic minority students' examination performance in English. These effects do not disappear when observable differences between groups and cohorts are accounted for, with differential teacher predictions of examination performance across ethnic groups remaining a convincing explanation of the results.2023-01-01T00:00:00Z