RT Generic
T1 On gender gaps and self-fulfilling expectations: Theory, policies and some empirical evidence
A1 Dolado, Juan José
A1 Rica, Sara de la
A1 García-Peñalosa, Cecilia
AB This paper considers a simple model of self-fulfilling expectations that leads to a multiple equilibrium of gender gaps in wages and participation rates. Rather than resorting to moral hazard problems related to unobservable effort, like in most of the related literature, our model fully relies on statistical discrimination. If firms believe that women will quit their jobs more often than equally productive men when shocks affecting household chores take place, our model predicts that this belief will increase the wage gap in favour of men which, in turn, will increase the female share of housework and exacerbate lower female participation in the labour market. Hence, both effects lead to a gendered equilibrium with large gaps, even though an ungendered equilibrium with no gaps is feasible. We examine the effects of gender-based and gender-neutral subsidies and find that the latter are more effective in removing the gendered equilibrium. Empirical analysis based on a time use survey for Spain is provided to test most of the implications of the model.
PB FEDEA
SN 1696-750X
YR 2008
FD 2008-06
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10016/3458
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10016/3458
LA eng
NO Banco de Santander
DS e-Archivo
RD 28 abr. 2024