Unwilling or Unable? Spatial, Institutional and Socio-Economic Restrictions on Females' Labor Market Access (discussion paper)

Title

Unwilling or Unable? Spatial, Institutional and Socio-Economic Restrictions on Females' Labor Market Access (discussion paper)

 Author

Van Ham, M.
Büchel, F.

Faculty

OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment

 Date

2004-02-01

 Abstract

We analyze the effects of regional structures on both females’ willingness to work and the probability of being employed for those willing to work. Special permission was granted to link regional data to individual respondents in the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). Results of a bivariate probit model correcting for sample selection show that high regional unemployment discourages women from entering the labor market. Those who are willing to work find it easier to do so if living in regions with low regional unemployment rates, short distances to the next agglomeration, and – for mothers – a high density of childcare provision.

 Subject

female labor supply
regional labor markets
childcare provision
bivariate probit model
Germany

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 Publisher

Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit/ Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

 Source

IZA Discussion Paper 1034

 Part of collection

Institutional Repository

 Document type

journal article

 Rights

(c) 2014 The Author(s)
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