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Conviction, gender and labour market status

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  • Dario Sciulli

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Applying propensity score matching to the National Child Development Study, we found that conviction reduces the employment probability of middle-aged British females by about three times more than that of comparable males. Moreover, while males recover a part of the disadvantage by increasing self-employment, conviction results in a strong labour market marginalization for females, as unemployment and, overall, inactivity increase. Robustness checks tend to confirm these findings. This suggests both a stronger discouragement effect for females and/or a different attitude towards self-employment and/or excluding factors (e.g. access to borrowing).

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  • Dario Sciulli, 2013. "Conviction, gender and labour market status," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(11), pages 1113-1120, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:20:y:2013:i:11:p:1113-1120
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2013.791011
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