Female Labor Market Transitions in Europe

Lutz C. Kaiser ()
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Lutz C. Kaiser: North Rhine-Westphalia University of Applied Sciences

No 2115, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Using micro panel data, labor market transitions are analyzed for the EU-member states by cumulative year-by-year transition probabilities. As female (non-)employment patterns changed more dramatically than male employment in past decades, the analyses mainly refer to female labor supply. In search for important determinants of these transitions, six EU-countries with different labor market-regimes are selected as examples (Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Ireland, UK). Within these countries, women’s determinants of labor market transitions are compared by means of pooled multinominal logit-regressions. The outcomes hint at both, the importance of socio-economic determinants, like the life cycle or human capital, but also address gender related differences in the paths of labor market transitions. Clearly, the observed cross-national differences are driven by specific national institutional settings. Among others, one of the most crucial features is the day-care infrastructure concerning children, which either fosters or restricts a sustainable risk management between family and work in the respective countries.

Keywords: labor supply; labor market transitions; socio-economic determinants; institutional settings; cross-national comparison; risk management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J21 J22 J78 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 46 pages
Date: 2006-05
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Published - published German version: Arbeitsmarktflexibilität, Arbeitsmarktübergänge und Familie: Die Europäische Perspektive, in: Szydlik, Marc (Ed.) (2008), Flexibilisierung – Folgen für Arbeit und Familie. Springer VS, pp. 295-313

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