The Labor Market Consequences of Gender Differences in Job Search

Stefan Eriksson and Jonas Lagerström ()

Journal of Labor Research, 2012, vol. 33, issue 3, 303-327

Abstract: This paper uses data from an Internet-based CV database to investigate if women are more restrictive than men in their choice of search area, and if this is of importance in the early stages of the hiring process. We show that women are less likely to search in the metropolitan areas or far away from where they currently live. Moreover, our results indicate that these differences are important: Female searchers get fewer firm contacts, and we show that this is to a large extent explained by their more restrictive search area. When we include controls for the searchers’ search area, the negative gender effect disappears. However, the results differ somewhat across subgroups: For highly skilled women the search area is important, but there remains an unexplained negative gender effect. Our results suggest that gender differences in job search may be important to consider in studies of gender differences in labor market outcomes. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012

Keywords: Job search; Mobility; Gender differences; Discrimination; J61; J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J61 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/s12122-012-9132-2

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