Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/267027 
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Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
LIS Working Paper Series No. 827
Publisher: 
Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), Luxembourg
Abstract: 
In many OECD countries, women are underrepresented in the highest status, highest paying positions and overrepresented in the lowest status, lowest paying positions. One potential reason for this inequity is the 'motherhood penalty,' where women with children face more roadblocks in hiring and promotions. This research investigates occupational segregation among mothers and fathers and analyzes whether gender gaps in occupational status are more extreme for immigrant populations. Using data from the Luxembourg Cross-National Data Center (Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) Database), I compare changes in gender occupational segregation from 2000 to 2016 in Germany and the United States among immigrant and nativeborn parents. Multinomial logistic regression models and predicted probabilities show that despite instituting policies intended to reduce gender inequality in the workforce, Germany fares worse than the US in their gendered occupational outcomes overall. While the gap between mothers' and fathers' probabilities of employment in the highest status jobs is shrinking over time in Germany, particularly for immigrant mothers, Germany's gender gaps in professional occupations are consistently larger than gaps in the US. [...]
Subjects: 
Labor Market Outcomes
Mothers
Gender
Immigrants
Family Policy
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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