Labour Markets, Human Resources and Social Policy
Analyses on the Wage Effects of Career Interruptions
The aim of this research project is to assess the impact of career interruptions, due to parental leave or unemployment e.g., on the wages of women and men. The wage effects will be investigated by occupational group. We focus especially on those exposed to technological and organisational change where skill obsolescence may be most severe.
Duration: 01.08.2002 - 31.03.2004
Beblo, Miriam and Elke Wolf (2003), Sind es die Erwerbsunterbrechungen? Ein Erklärungsbeitrag zum Lohnunterschied zwischen Frauen und Männern in Deutschland, Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung MittAB 4, 36. Jg./2003, 560-572.
