TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Meekes, Jordy
AU  - Hassink, Wolter
        TI  - Fired and Pregnant: Gender Differences in Job Flexibility Outcomes after Job Loss
        PY  - 2020/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 13779
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp13779
        AB  - We study whether women and men cope with job loss differently. We use 2006-2017 Dutch administrative monthly microdata and a quasi-experimental design involving job displacement because of firm bankruptcy. We find that displaced women are more likely than displaced men to take up a flexible job with limited working hours and short commutes. However, displaced women experience longer unemployment durations and comparable hourly wage losses. Displaced expectant mothers experience relatively high losses in employment and working hours. Our findings suggest that the costs of job flexibility for displaced female workers come through longer unemployment instead of higher losses in wages.
        KW  - job loss
KW  - gender
KW  - job flexibility
KW  - working hours
KW  - commute
KW  - household
KW  - pregnancy
        ER  -