The Effects of Human Capital Depreciation on Occupational Gender Segregation
2013/01/29
研討會日期 : 2013-01-29
時間 : 14:30
主講人 : Ms. Hsueh-Hsiang Li
地點 : Conference Room B110
演講者簡介 : Hsueh-Hsiang Li is going to receive her Ph.D. in Economics from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2013. Her research field is in public economics and applied microeconomics. She is applying for the position of the Institute of Economics, AS right now.
演講摘要 : This paper analyzes how human capital depreciation affects occupational gender segregation. Prior studies are generally biased because, given an occupational depreciation rate, female workers endogenously choose the duration of leave. I address this problem by proposing an alternative depreciation measure utilizing involuntary job displacement shocks. Using this depreciation proxy along with additional pecuniary and non-pecuniary occupational attributes, I estimate a conditional logit model of occupational choices separately for male and female college graduates. My results show that women have a stronger distaste than men for occupations with high human capital depreciation.
