Fast lane or down the drain? Does the occupation held prior to unemployment shape the transition back to work?

In this article, we analyse transitions from unemployment into re-employment from 1993 to 2010 among German men and women, and ask whether gender differences in unemployment trajectories can be explained by the fact that men and women work in different occupations prior to unemployment. In particula...

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Published in:Research in social stratification and mobility 2017-06, Vol.49 (1), p.32-46
Main Authors: Hägglund, Anna Erika, Bächmann, Ann-Christin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arbeitslosigkeit
Arbeitsmarkt
Berufliche Identität
Crowding
Frauenberuf
Gender
Gender segregation
Geschlechtsspezifischer Unterschied
Lebenslauf
Mikrozensus
Männerberuf
Occupation
Occupational closure
Retrospektive Studien
Unemployment
Wiederbeschäftigung
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Summary:In this article, we analyse transitions from unemployment into re-employment from 1993 to 2010 among German men and women, and ask whether gender differences in unemployment trajectories can be explained by the fact that men and women work in different occupations prior to unemployment. In particular, we focus on whether the sex composition of the pre-unemployment occupation plays a crucial role in structuring unemployment trajectories, or whether other occupational characteristics, such as occupational closure, are more important. We test this framework by means of retrospective life histories drawn from the German National Educational Panel Study. This individual level data is linked to aggregated occupational information, which is constructed from the German Microcensus and the Sample of Integrated Labour Market Biographies. The results of the Cox proportional-hazard models indicate that occupational characteristics predict gender differences in unemployment trajectories. Working in a male-dominated occupation prior to unemployment influences the transition rate into employment positively. At the same time, our analyses reveal that the effects of occupational characteristics differ substantially between men and women (Orig.).
ISSN:0276-5624
1878-5654
DOI:10.1016/j.rssm.2017.03.005