Beneath the Surface: The Decline in Gender Injury Gap

Tiziano Razzolini (), Roberto Leombruni (), Giovanni Mastrobuoni () and Mario Pagliero
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Roberto Leombruni: University of Turin

No 7849, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Despite its policy relevance there is little evidence on the joint evolution of gender differences in wages and workplace safety. Between 1994 and 2002 Italian micro-level data show a decline in both gaps, as well as an increased concentration of injuries among low-skilled female workers. The reduction in the gender wage gap is driven by sorting of workers across sectors and occupations, while the reduction in the gender injury gap and the increased concentration of injuries among low skilled female workers appears to be driven by changes in unobservables characteristics. Moreover, our findings indicate that in 2002 women became more vulnerable to non-employment spells, which seems to be followed by both wage reductions and increased workplace risk for the re-employed low-skilled female workers.

Keywords: gender gap; workplace injury; wage differentials; job amenities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J28 J31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2013-12
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Published - substantially revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2014, 30, 282-288

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Journal Article: Beneath the surface: The decline in gender injury gap (2014)
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