Hours, Occupations, and Gender Differences in Labor Market Outcomes
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چکیده
Goldin (2014) offers a narrative in which gender differences home production responsibilities create gaps labor market outcomes. We carry out model-based quantitative assessment of this and find that it can account for significant share occupational choice, wages, hours. Our analysis emphasizes the significance two key elements not highlighted by Goldin: heterogeneity comparative advantage multimember households. Gender nonmarket have important aggregate effects on welfare productivity, similar to those emphasized Hsieh et al. (2019). (JEL J16, J22, J24, J31, J71)
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عنوان ژورنال: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1945-7707', '1945-7715']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1257/mac.20200318