 The premium for part-time work in AustraliaJoan Rodgers and
Iris Day
Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), 2015, vol. 18, issue 3, 281-305 Abstract: We use fixed effects and difference-in-differences methodologies to investigate the nature of Australia’s part-time wage premium, a phenomenon not observed in other countries. Salary sacrifice and non-cash benefits, previously unexplored explanations, are eliminated. The premium is not explained by occupation and it is observed for people with only one change of employment status and for those with multiple changes. We find that changing from full-time to part-time work with the same employer results in a large and sustained increase in the hourly wage, whereas a temporary decrease in the hourly wage accompanies a change from part-time to full-time work with the same employer. Notably, we find no significant wage change when a move between full-time and part-time work is accompanied by a change of employer. Keywords: Part-time employment; Wage differentials; labour supply (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ozl:journl:v:18:y:2015:i:3:p:281-305 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) from Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School Contact information at EDIRC. |
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