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Title
Gender Occupational Segregation in an Equilibrium Search Model
Creator
Creator Name
Usui, Emiko Usui, Emiko
臼井, 恵美子 臼井, 恵美子
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
Nagoya University
Affiliation
Affiliation Name
IZA
Editor
Contributor Name
一橋大学経済研究所世代間問題研究機構 = Center for Intergenerational Studies, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Key Word
Equilibrium Search
Gender preferences
Employer discrimination
Employee discrimination
JEL
E24
J16
J64
J71
Abstract
This paper develops an equilibrium search model to explain gender asymmetry in occupational distribution. Workers’ utility depends on salary and working hours, and women have a greater aversion to market hours than men. Simulations indicate that women crowd into shorter-hour, lower-paying jobs than men. If employers discriminate against women, offers are tailored more toward men’s preferences; employers require longer working hours, and fewer women work at these jobs. Similarly, if women have a disutility factor in their utility toward positions with a higher proportion of men, fewer women work at these jobs. In both cases, gender segregation is reinforced
Publisher
Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Issued Date
2012-06
Language
English(eng)
Resource Type
technical report
Version Type
VoR
Is Part OfRelation -
Related Title
CIS Discussion paper series ; No. 560
Number of Pages
16
Appears in Collections
CIS Discussion paper series
URL
https://hdl.handle.net/10086/23106