Template-type: ReDif-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Görlich Dennis 
Author-Name: Grip Andries de
Author-workplace-name: ROA rm
Title: Human Capital Depreciation during Family-related Career Interruptions in Male and Female Occupations
Abstract: Human Capital Depreciation during Family-related Career Inter¬ruptions in Male and Female Occupations This study investigates the relation between human capital depreciation during family-related career interruptions and occupational choice of women in the (West) German labour market. In contrast to other studies that do not explicitly focus on family-related career interruptions, we find that short-term human capital depreciation during these career interruptions is significantly lower in female occupations than in male occupations. This holds for both high- and low-skilled occupations. Our findings support the self-selection hypothesis with respect to occupational sex segregation, i.e. women might deliberately choose female occupations because of lower short-term wage penalties for family-related career interruptions. Moreover, we find that particularly men employed in high-skilled male occupations face large short-run as well as long run wage penalties when they have a family related career break.
Keywords: education, training and the labour market; 
Series: Research Memoranda
Creation-Date: 2007
Number: 007
File-URL: http://arnop.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=9463
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 202702
Handle: RePEc:unm:umaror:2007007