 The ins and outs of the gender unemployment gap in the OECDReamonn Lydon () and Michael Simmons No 10/RT/20, Research Technical Papers from Central Bank of Ireland Abstract: Variations in the unemployment rates of men and women often differ markedly. To understand the dynamics of the gender unemployment gap, this paper estimates the inflows to, and outflows from, unemployment by gender for 18 OECD countries over the last four decades. Whilst there are are cross-country differences in the relative contribution of inflows and outflows by gender, there is a clear common pattern: differences in the variations of the inflow of unemployment explain the majority of the dynamics of the gender unemployment gap for all countries under study. Specifically, in the recessions covered by our data, the flow of males into unemployment is typically larger than the flow of females into unemployment. Using data on output by sector, we show that a candidate explanation for these results for each country is the differing gender composition by sector. Over the four decades of data we analyse, and across all countries, females were more likely to work in sectors less exposed to economic downturns. Keywords: Unemployment; gender; inflows; outflows; dynamics. (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:cbi:wpaper:10/rt/20 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Research Technical Papers from Central Bank of Ireland Contact information at EDIRC. |
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