Gender and the effect of working hours on firm-sponsored training
Picchio,Matteo van Ours,Jan
Picchio,Matteo
van Ours,Jan
Abstract
Using employees’ longitudinal data, we study the effect of working hours on the propensity of firms to sponsor training of their employees. We show that, whereas male part-time workers are less likely to receive training than male full-timers, part-time working women are as likely to receive training as full-time working women. Although we cannot rule out gender-working time specific monopsony power, we speculate that the gender-specific effect of working hours on training has to do with gender-specific stereotyping. In the Netherlands, for women it is common to work part-time. More than half of the prime age female employees work part-time. Therefore, because of social norms, men working part-time could send a different signal to their employer than women working part-time. This might generate a different propensity of firms to sponsor training of male part-timers than female part-timers.
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2016-05
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Research Projects
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part-time employment, working hours, firm-sponsored training, gender, human capital, C33 - Panel Data Models ; Spatio-temporal Models, C35 - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models ; Discrete Regressors ; Proportions, J24 - Human Capital ; Skills ; Occupational Choice ; Labor Productivity, M51 - Firm Employment Decisions ; Promotions, M53 - Training, SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
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Picchio, M & van Ours, J 2016, 'Gender and the effect of working hours on firm-sponsored training', Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, vol. 125, pp. 192-211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2016.02.010
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