Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/20525 
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1261
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The wages of part-time workers are considerably lower than are those of full-time workers. Measurable worker and job characteristics, including occupational skill requirements, account for much of the part-time penalty. Longitudinal analysis indicates that much of the remaining gap reflects worker heterogeneity, evidenced by small wage gains and losses among workers switching between part-time and full-time jobs. The lower skills of part-time than fulltime workers result primarily from limited work experience and accumulation of human capital. Little evidence can be found of a large wage gap between part-time and full-time women. A part-time wage penalty is found for men, but men account for a small proportion of total part-time employment.
Subjects: 
part-time
wages
job characteristics
worker heterogeneity
JEL: 
J22
J24
J31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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