scholarly journals No gain in pain: psychological well-being, participation, and wages in the BHPS

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 1375-1389
Author(s):  
Elena Lagomarsino ◽  
Alessandro Spiganti
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Unobserved Heterogeneity ◽  
Sample Selection ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Unified Framework ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
Labour Market Participation ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Labour Market Outcomes

Abstract Accounting for endogeneity, unobserved heterogeneity, and sample selection in an unified framework, we investigate the effect of psychological well-being on wages and labour market participation using a panel from the British Household Panel Survey. We find the effect of psychological well-being on labour market outcomes to differ across gender. In particular, psychological distress significantly reduces participation across genders, but, conditional on participation, has a significant negative effect on hourly wages only in the female sample.

Exploring gender digital divide and its effect on women's labour market outcomes in South Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 85-108
Author(s):  
Kehinde Oluwaseun Omotoso ◽  
Jimi Adesina ◽  
Ololade G. Adewole
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
Market Participation ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Broadband Internet ◽  
Variable Approach ◽  
Labour Market Participation ◽  
Labour Market Outcomes

Technology plays a significant role in bridging gender gap in labour market outcomes. This paper investigates gender differential in broadband Internet usage and its effects on women‘s labour market participation. Employing an instrumental variable approach, findings suggest that exogenously determined high-speed broadband internet usage leads to increases of about 14.1 and 10.6 percentage points in labour market participation for single women and married women with some level of education, respectively. Moreover, further analyses suggest that married women are generally less likely to use the Internet to search for job opportunities and this could partly explains their low labour market participation rate. The findings suggest that more policy effort is required to bridge gender differentials in digital technologies and employment opportunities in South Africa.

Gendered Outcomes

2021 ◽  
pp. 749-766
Author(s):  
Jennifer Hook ◽  
Leah Ruppanner
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Labour Market Outcomes ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Household Labour ◽  
Social Landscapes

This chapter reviews the quantitative, cross-nationally comparative literature investigating the effects of welfare states on gendered social landscapes in high-income OECD countries. It begins by reviewing the data, measures, and methodological approaches used in the literature. It then reviews research on the ‘effects’ of welfare states on gendered (a) labour market outcomes; (b) divisions of household labour and childcare; and (c) well-being. The authors conclude that welfare states play a key role in shaping gender inequality within the labour market and the home, with important consequences for well-being. Finally, the authors conclude with an assessment of limitations and prospects for future research.

scholarly journals Body weight and labour market outcomes in Post-Soviet Russia

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 671-687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonya Huffman ◽  
Marian Rizov
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Transition Period ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Wage Penalty ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Labour Market Outcomes

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on the impacts of overweight and obesity on the probability of employment, wages, and the incidence of sick-leave days by gender, in Russia, over the transition period, 1994-2005. Design/methodology/approach – The authors uses panel data and appropriate instrumental variables techniques to estimate a set of three models. Findings – The results show a linear negative effect of body mass index (BMI) on probability of employment for women and positive effect for men. The authors did not find evidence of wage penalty for higher BMI, a result different from findings of several studies on developed market economies. There is also positive impact of BMI on the number of work days missed due to health problems for women. Originality/value – The results derived in transition context add evidence to the growing obesity and labour market outcomes literature emphasising the relative importance of the labour supply side compared to the demand side. The policy implications of our study are gender specific.

scholarly journals Lift the Ban? Initial Employment Restrictions and Refugee Labour Market Outcomes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Fasani ◽  
Tommaso Frattini ◽  
Luigi Minale
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Instrumental Variable ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Temporary Employment ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Output Loss ◽  
Labour Market Participation ◽  
Labour Market Outcomes

Abstract This article investigates the medium to long-term effects on refugee labour market outcomes of the temporary employment bans being imposed on asylum seekers in many countries. Using a newly collected dataset on employment restrictions together with individual data for refugees entering European countries between 1985 and 2012, our empirical strategy exploits the geographical and temporal variation in employment bans generated by their staggered introduction and removal coupled with frequent changes at the intensive margin. We find that exposure to a ban at arrival reduces refugee employment probability in post-ban years by 15%, an impact driven primarily by lower labour market participation. These effects are not mechanical, increase non-linearly in ban length and last up to 10 years post arrival. The detrimental effects of employment bans are concentrated among less educated refugees, translate into lower occupational quality, and seem not to be driven by selective migration. Our causal estimates are robust to several identification tests accounting for the potential endogeneity of employment ban policies, including placebo analysis of non-refugee migrants and an instrumental variable strategy. We estimate a EUR 37.6 billion output loss from the bans imposed on asylum seekers who arrived in Europe during the so-called 2015 refugee crisis.

scholarly journals Labour Market Participation for Young People with Disabilities: The Impact of Gender and Higher Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 336-355
Author(s):  
Jannike Gottschalk Ballo
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Market Participation ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Labour Market Participation ◽  
Labour Market Outcomes ◽  
The Impact

To what extent does higher education promote labour market participation for disabled people in school-to-work transitions and early career trajectories? This article argues that the effect of higher education on labour market outcomes for disabled people must be studied in correlation to gender. Intersectional theory warns against the generalisability of the female and male experiences, and predicts that disability may influence sexism, and that gender may influence disableism. Norwegian full-population register data on recipients of disability benefits are used to explore the effect of higher education on three labour market outcomes for men and women with disabilities. Contrary to common intersectionality expectations, the results show that men experience more extreme employment disadvantages related to their disabilities than women. Higher education has a stronger effect on participation for disabled women than for disabled men. However, gender differences in participation are smaller for people with disabilities than for the general population.

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