Coordinated Work Schedules and the Gender Wage Gap
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چکیده
Abstract This paper studies how coordinated work schedules across jobs contribute to the gender wage gap. Using US time diary data, we construct occupation-level measures of schedules. Higher coordination is associated with higher wages and a larger Empirically, women children allocate more household care are penalised for missing during peak hours. An equilibrium occupational choice model generates gap 8.9%; most within occupations. If set value healthcare support all occupations, within-occupation halves.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Economic Journal
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1742-0350', '0013-0133', '1468-0297']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueac086