Segregation of the labour market into a family-friendly and a non-family-friendly sector implies that women self-select into sectors depending on institutional constraints, preferences for family-friendly working conditions and expected wage differences. We take this sector dimension into account and find a severe penalty after birth-related leave in the non-familyfriendly sector, so that women...

Article history: Accepted 17 January 2014 Available online 15 February 2014 JEL classification: C62 E21 E22

This study investigates whether and to what extent further unemployment experience for youths who are already long-term unemployed imposes a penalty on subsequent labour market outcomes. We propose a flexible method for analysing the effect on wages aside of transitions from unemployment and employment within a multivariate duration model which controls for selection on observables and unobserv...

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