Gender and the effect of working hours on firm-sponsored training
"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 rece...
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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| Language: | English |
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2015
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| Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19108490124919266729-Gender-and-the-effect-of-worki.htm |
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| author | Picchio, Matteo van Ours, Jan C. |
| author_facet | Picchio, Matteo van Ours, Jan C. |
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| description | "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." |
| format | TEXT |
| geographic | Netherlands |
| id | 19108490124919266729_13c5314c87134127a4d21b3324a87a76 |
| institution | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
| is_hierarchy_id | 19108490124919266729_13c5314c87134127a4d21b3324a87a76 |
| is_hierarchy_title | Gender and the effect of working hours on firm-sponsored training |
| language | English |
| physical | 36 p. Digital |
| publishDate | 2015 |
| publisher | Bonn IZA |
| spellingShingle | Picchio, Matteo van Ours, Jan C. enterprise level gender part time employment training working time Gender and the effect of working hours on firm-sponsored training |
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| title | Gender and the effect of working hours on firm-sponsored training |
| topic | enterprise level gender part time employment training working time |
| url | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19108490124919266729-Gender-and-the-effect-of-worki.htm |