Gender-Specific Application Behaviour, Matching, and the Residual Gender Earnings Gap
Abstract
"This paper examines how gender-specific application behaviour, firms’ hiring practices, and flexibility demands relate to the gender earnings gap, using linked data from the German Job Vacancy Survey and administrative records. Women are less likely than men to apply to high-wage firms with high flexibility requirements, although their hiring chances are similar when they do. We show that compensating differentials for firms’ flexibility demands help explain the residual gender earnings gap. Among women, mothers experience the largest earnings penalties relative to men in jobs with high flexibility requirements." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
Cite article
Lochner, B. & Merkl, C. (2025): Gender-Specific Application Behaviour, Matching, and the Residual Gender Earnings Gap. In: The Economic Journal, p. 1-54. DOI:10.1093/ej/ueaf037
Further information
- previously published (possibly different) as: "Gender-Specific Application Behavior, Matching, and the Residual Gender Earnings Gap" in series: LASER discussion papers, 139
- previously published (possibly different) as: "Gender-Specific Application Behavior, Matching, and the Residual Gender Earnings Gap" in series: IAB-Discussion Paper, 22/2022