Why do some occupations offer more part-time work than others? Reciprocal dynamics in occupational gender segregation and occupational part-time work in West Germany, 1976-2010

Bächmann, Ann-Christin; Gatermann, Dörthe; Kleinert, Corinna; Leuze, Kathrin

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%T Why do some occupations offer more part-time work than others? Reciprocal dynamics in occupational gender segregation and occupational part-time work in West Germany, 1976-2010
%A Bächmann, Ann-Christin
%A Gatermann, Dörthe
%A Kleinert, Corinna
%A Leuze, Kathrin
%J Social Science Research
%N 104
%P 1-16
%D 2022
%K West Germany; Panel data; Mikrozensus 2010
%@ 1096-0317
%~ FDB
%> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-92399-6
%X This paper analyzes the reciprocal relationship between occupational gender segregation and occupational part-time work in West Germany over time. Based on a unique occupational panel dataset covering 254 occupations between 1976 and 2010, we apply static, dynamic, and Arellano-Bond panel models to account for reverse causality and endogeneity. Results indicate that trends in occupational part-time rates and gender ratios mutually reinforce each other but not in the same manner. Part-time work in occupations increases once more women start working in these occupations. Occupational part-time ratios are mainly driven by married women and mothers; women's education level only plays a minor role. Vice versa, the gender composition of occupations is likewise affected by changing working-time arrangements, at least in the short run, but it is mainly driven by previous levels of occupational gender segregation.
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%G en
%9 Zeitschriftenartikel
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