Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/250567 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 14906
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Men and women tend to hold different jobs. Are these differences present already in the types of jobs men and women apply for? Using administrative data on job applications made by the universe of Danish UI recipients, we provide evidence on gender differences in applied-for jobs for the broader labor market. Across a range of job characteristics, we find large gender gaps in the share of applications going to different types of jobs even among observationally similar men and women. In a standard decomposition, gender differences in applications can explain more than 70 percent of the residual gender wage gap.
Subjects: 
job search
wage decomposition
firm wage premium
gender earnings gap
JEL: 
E24
J29
J31
J71
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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