The gender gap in labor market participation and employment: a cohort analysis for West Germany

Bernd Fitzenberger, Reinhold Schnabel and Gaby Wunderlich

No 01-47, ZEW Discussion Papers from ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research

Abstract: Labor market participation rates of West German females have risen during the last decades, whereas participation rates of males have declined or remained stable. Nevertheless, differences in aggregate gender specific participation rates remain. The purpose of this paper is to compare life cycle participation and employment profiles of West German males and females of different skill levels. Going beyond the descriptive cross tabulations of participation and employment rates by year, skill level, and sex, this paper uses a model which simultaneously takes into account the effects of time, age, and birth cohort membership. The estimation results allow for the construction and comparison of gender and skill specific life cycle participation and employment profiles. Even though the gap in average participation and employment rates has narrowed over time, the results confirm a persistent gender gap in the pattern of labor market participation and employment over the life cycle.

Keywords: Gender Gap in Employment and Participation; Cohort Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J16 J2 J71 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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