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Women’s Mobility in the Argentine Labour Market

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  • María del Pilar Casal

    (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

  • Bradford L. Barham

    (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Abstract

This paper examines women?s labor mobility in Argentina in 1995-2003 across 4 sectors: formal, informal, unemployment, and inactivity. We incorporate alternative measures of labor mobility, and estimate a multinomial logit model of sector choice. The results support the hypothesis of segmented labor markets. Highly educated women, even those married with children, more easily access the formal sector than less educated women. Non-mothers experience fewer barriers to movement from informal to formal. Having more children raises the probability that women will transition from the formal to the informal sector and from the informal sector to exiting the labor market.

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  • María del Pilar Casal & Bradford L. Barham, 2013. "Women’s Mobility in the Argentine Labour Market," Económica, Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, vol. 59, pages 88-125, January-D.
    • Handle: RePEc:akh:journl:587
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    Keywords

    Labor market segmentation; Gender; Labor mobility; Motherhood penalty; Argentina;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J60 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - General
    • O17 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements

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