Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/21311 
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Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1535
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper analyzes gender differences in jobs while in high school. The availability of school class based samples with detailed information on teenage jobs allows for a comparison of the behavior of boys and girls who are in the same school class, and thus have virtually identical education levels. Even within these highly homogeneous groups, boys earn substantially more than girls. The earnings gap cannot be explained by differences in participation rates and hours of work, nor by gender wage gaps within job types. It is entirely due to the fact that girls work more in job types with relatively low wages, in particular babysitting. During the period considered, 1984-2001, the gender patterns of jobs while in school largely remained unchanged.
Subjects: 
labor market
gender differences
teenage behavior
JEL: 
J16
J22
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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