Why Do Part-Time Workers Earn Less? The Role of Worker and Job Skills Export

@unpublished{citeulike:540885, abstract = {The wages of part-time workers are considerably lower than are those of full-time workers. Measurable worker and job characteristics, including occupational skill requirements, account for much of the part-time penalty. Longitudinal analysis indicates that much of the remaining gap reflects worker heterogeneity, evidenced by small wage gains and losses among workers switching between part-time and full-time jobs. The lower skills of part-time than fulltime workers result primarily from limited work experience and accumulation of human capital. Little evidence can be found of a large wage gap between part-time and full-time women. A part-time wage penalty is found for men, but men account for a small proportion of total part-time employment.}, author = {Hirsch, Barry T.}, citeulike-article-id = {540885}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.trinity.edu/bhirsch/Published Articles/IZA_PT dp1261.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {ftp://ftp.iza.org/dps/dp1261.pdf}, comment = {Now published as Barry T. Hirsch, ” Why Do Part-Time Workers Earn Less? The Role of Worker and Job Skills,” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 58, No. 4, July 2005, pp. 525-51.}, keywords = {gender, part-time, wages}, month = {August}, posted-at = {2006-03-08 21:14:33}, priority = {0}, series = {Discussion Papers}, title = {Why Do Part-Time Workers Earn Less? The Role of Worker and Job Skills}, url = {http://www.trinity.edu/bhirsch/Published Articles/IZA_PT dp1261.pdf}, year = {2004} }

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