@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp16686,
            	author={Lochner, Benjamin and Merkl, Christian},
            	title={Gender-Specific Application Behavior, Matching, and the Residual Gender Earnings Gap},
            	year={2023},
	month={Dec},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={16686},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp16686},
	abstract={This paper analyzes the relationship between gender-specific application behavior, employer-side flexibility requirements, and the gender earnings gap using a unique combination of the German Job Vacancy Survey (JVS) linked to administrative employment records. We document that women have a substantially lower probability of applying to jobs with high flexibility requirements at high-wage firms than do men but have the same probability of being hired upon application. In our two-stage search model, these empirical patterns are rationalized by firms compensating workers for meeting employer-side flexibility requirements. Consistently, we empirically show that among women, mothers face the largest earnings discounts relative to men in jobs with high flexibility requirements.},
	keywords={gender earnings gap;application behavior;job search},
            }