Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/283981 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
Upjohn Institute Working Paper No. 23-387
Publisher: 
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Kalamazoo, MI
Abstract: 
Job loss leads to persistent adverse labor market outcomes, but assessments of gender differences in labor market recovery are lacking. We utilize plant closures in Denmark to estimate gender gaps in labor market outcomes and document that women face an increased risk of unemployment and lose a larger share of their earnings in the two years following job displacement. When accounting for observable differences in human Capital across men and women, half of the gender gap in unemployment remains. In a standard decomposition framework, we document that child care imposes an important barrier to women's labor market recovery regardless of individual characteristics.
Subjects: 
gender gaps
child care
job loss
JEL: 
J16
J24
J65
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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