Work-Hour Instability, Occupational Mobility and Gender
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| Title: | Work-Hour Instability, Occupational Mobility and Gender |
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| Authors: | Roncone, Francesco |
| Source: | Roncone, Francesco (2025) Work-Hour Instability, Occupational Mobility and Gender. Bologna: Dipartimento di Scienze economiche, p. 49. DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsacta/8330 <https://doi.org/10.6092/unibo%2Famsacta%2F8330>. In: Quaderni-Working Paper DSE (1201). ISSN 2282-6483. |
| Publisher Information: | Dipartimento di Scienze economiche, 2025. |
| Publication Year: | 2025 |
| Subject Terms: | SECS-P/01 Economia politica, coefficient of variation, male breadwinner role, J16, Quaderni - Working Paper DSE, ddc:330, J22, J24, occupational resorting, J62, work hours |
| Description: | Although more than 20 per cent of the workforce changes their occupation every year, we still do not fully understand the mechanisms behind the observed mobility. This paper focuses on analysing the relationship between work-hour instability and occupational mobility in the US labour market. I use the longitudinal dimension of the Current Population Survey (CPS) to measure individuals' intra-year work-hour variation and analyse their mobility through a balanced occupation panel. Being in the highest quartile of work-hour variation is associated with a higher mobility rate of 0.33% for men and 0.81% for women compared to an average monthly mobility rate of 1.71%. Analysing the predicted marginal effects across different household compositions suggests that the substantial gender gap can be explained by the intra-household specialisation of men and women. The last part of this study shows that only workers with highly volatile work hours sort themselves into more stable occupations. |
| Document Type: | Book Research |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| DOI: | 10.6092/unibo/amsacta/8330 |
| Access URL: | https://hdl.handle.net/10419/316211 https://amsacta.unibo.it/id/eprint/8330/ |
| Rights: | CC BY NC |
| Accession Number: | edsair.doi.dedup.....9ee072097f819904d96493d2ebcf38f4 |
| Database: | OpenAIRE |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | Although more than 20 per cent of the workforce changes their occupation every year, we still do not fully understand the mechanisms behind the observed mobility. This paper focuses on analysing the relationship between work-hour instability and occupational mobility in the US labour market. I use the longitudinal dimension of the Current Population Survey (CPS) to measure individuals' intra-year work-hour variation and analyse their mobility through a balanced occupation panel. Being in the highest quartile of work-hour variation is associated with a higher mobility rate of 0.33% for men and 0.81% for women compared to an average monthly mobility rate of 1.71%. Analysing the predicted marginal effects across different household compositions suggests that the substantial gender gap can be explained by the intra-household specialisation of men and women. The last part of this study shows that only workers with highly volatile work hours sort themselves into more stable occupations. |
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| DOI: | 10.6092/unibo/amsacta/8330 |