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Gender and Work Hours Transitions in Australia : Drop Ceilings and Trap-Door Floors

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dc.creator Drago, Robert William
dc.creator Black, David
dc.creator Wooden, Mark
dc.date 2004
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:10:41Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:10:41Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20463
dc.identifier ppn:392407299
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/20463
dc.description We introduce the ideas of ?drop ceilings?, that full-time employees who switch to reduced hours thereafter face an hours ceiling such that a return to full-time employment is difficult, and of ?trap-door floors?, that full-time employees may be denied the opportunity to reduce their hours and instead face a choice between full-time employment and quitting the job. These ideas derive from the potential existence of norms around the ideal worker and motherhood. Relevant hypotheses are developed and tested using information on usual and preferred working time from the first two waves of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey. The key findings are that women face drop ceilings significantly more often than men; that professionals and managers confront trap-door floors significantly more often than employees in other occupations; and that trap-door floor effects are generally stronger than drop ceiling effects in the data.
dc.language eng
dc.relation IZA Discussion paper series 1210
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject J22
dc.subject J23
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject working hours
dc.subject employment transitions
dc.subject HILDA survey
dc.subject Arbeitszeitflexibilisierung
dc.subject Geschlecht
dc.subject Führungskräfte
dc.subject Erwerbsverlauf
dc.subject Schätzung
dc.subject Australien
dc.title Gender and Work Hours Transitions in Australia : Drop Ceilings and Trap-Door Floors
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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