We study whether and how early labour market choices determine longer-run career versus family outcomes differentially for male and female professionals. We analyse the physician labour market by exploiting a randomised lottery that determines the sorting of Danish physicians into internships across local labour markets.
- Speaker
- Date
- Thursday 18 Jan 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
- Type
- Seminar
- Room
- G2.21
- Building
- G Building
(joint with Itzik Fadlon and Frederik Plesner Lyngse)
Using administrative data spanning ten years after physicians’ graduations, we find causal effects of early-career sorting on a range of life cycle outcomes that cascade from labour market choices, including human capital accumulation and occupational choice, to marriage market choices, including matching and fertility.
The persistent effects are entirely concentrated among women, whereas men experience only temporary career disruptions. The evidence points to differential family-career tradeoffs and the mentorship employers provide as channels underlying this gender divergence.
Our findings have implications for policies aimed at gender equality in outcomes, as they reveal how persistent gaps can arise even in institutionally gender-neutral settings with early-stage equality of opportunity.
Online attendance
If you wish to attend this seminar online please contact us at healtheconomics@ese.eur.nl.
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