American Economic Journal:
Economic Policy
ISSN 1945-7731 (Print) | ISSN 1945-774X (Online)
The Gender Application Gap: Do Men and Women Apply for the Same Jobs?
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
vol. 16,
no. 2, May 2024
(pp. 182–219)
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 unemployment insurance 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 job types 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.Citation
Fluchtmann, Jonas, Anita M. Glenny, Nikolaj A. Harmon, and Jonas Maibom. 2024. "The Gender Application Gap: Do Men and Women Apply for the Same Jobs?" American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 16 (2): 182–219. DOI: 10.1257/pol.20210607Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- J16 Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- J64 Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
- J65 Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
- J71 Labor Discrimination
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