Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/58576 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6225
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Empirical studies have consistently reported that rates of involuntary job separation, or dismissal, are significantly lower among female employees than among males. Only rarely, however, have the reasons for this differential been the subject of detailed investigation. In this paper, household panel survey data from Australia are used that also find higher dismissal rates among men than among women. This differential, however, largely disappears once controls for industry and occupation are included. These findings suggest that the observed gender differential primarily reflects systematic differences in the types of jobs into which men and women select.
Subjects: 
dismissals
gender differentials
involuntary job separations
HILDA Survey
Australia
JEL: 
J16
J63
J71
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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