Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/282813 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 16686
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper analyzes the relationship between gender-specific application behavior, employer-side flexibility requirements, and the gender earnings gap using a unique combination of the German Job Vacancy Survey (JVS) linked to administrative employment records. We document that women have a substantially lower probability of applying to jobs with high flexibility requirements at high-wage firms than do men but have the same probability of being hired upon application. In our two-stage search model, these empirical patterns are rationalized by firms compensating workers for meeting employer-side flexibility requirements. Consistently, we empirically show that among women, mothers face the largest earnings discounts relative to men in jobs with high flexibility requirements.
Subjects: 
job search
application behavior
gender earnings gap
JEL: 
E24
J16
J31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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