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dc.contributor.authorde la Rica, Saraen
dc.contributor.authorDolado, Juan Joséen
dc.contributor.authorGarcía-Peñalosa, Ceciliaen
dc.date.accessioned2008-09-01-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:35:21Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:35:21Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-2008062528en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/35250-
dc.description.abstractThis paper considers a simple model of self-fulfilling expectations that leads to a multiple equilibrium of gender gaps in wages and participation rates. Rather than resorting to moral hazard problems related to unobservable effort, like in most of the related literature, our model fully relies on statistical discrimination. If firms believe that women will quit their jobs more often than equally productive men when shocks affecting household chores take place, our model predicts that this belief will increase the wage gap in favour of men which, in turn, will exacerbate lower female participation in the labour market. Hence, both effects lead to a gendered equilibrium with large gaps, even though an ungendered equilibrium with no gaps is feasible. We examine the effects of gender-based and gender-neutral subsidies and find that the latter are more effective in removing the gendered equilibrium. Empirical analysis based on a time use survey for Spain is provided to test some implications of the model.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3553en
dc.subject.jelJ16en
dc.subject.ddc300en
dc.subject.keywordGender gapsen
dc.subject.keywordself-fulfilling expectationsen
dc.subject.keywordgender policiesen
dc.subject.keywordtime-use surveysen
dc.subject.stwFrauenerwerbstätigkeiten
dc.subject.stwArbeitsmarktdiskriminierungen
dc.subject.stwLohndifferenzierungen
dc.subject.stwUnternehmeren
dc.subject.stwMeinungen
dc.subject.stwFrauenpolitiken
dc.subject.stwSpanienen
dc.subject.stwOECD-Staatenen
dc.titleOn gender gaps and self-fulfilling expectations: theory, policies and some empirical evidence-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn571633838en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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