Working Paper: CEPR ID: DP10930
Authors: Matteo Picchio; Jan C. van Ours
Abstract: Using employees' longitudinal data, we study the effect of working hours on the propensity of firms to sponsor training of their employees. We show that, whereas male part-time workers are less likely to receive training than male full-timers, part-time working women are as likely to receive training as full-time working women. Although we cannot rule out gender-working time specific monopsony power, we speculate that the gender-specific effect of working hours on training has to do with gender-specific stereotyping. In the Netherlands, for women it is common to work part-time. More than half of the prime age female employees work part-time. Therefore, because of social norms, men working part-time could send a different signal to their employer than women working part-time. This might generate a different propensity of firms to sponsor training of male part-timers than female part-timers.
Keywords: firm-sponsored training; gender; human capital; part-time employment; working hours
JEL Codes: C33; C35; J24; M51; M53
Edges that are evidenced by causal inference methods are in orange, and the rest are in light blue.
| Cause | Effect |
|---|---|
| Job attachment and working hours (J22) | Training sponsorship decisions (M53) |
| Working hours (J22) | Likelihood of receiving firm-sponsored training (M53) |
| Part-time work (J22) | Likelihood of receiving firm-sponsored training for men (M53) |
| Part-time work (J22) | Likelihood of receiving firm-sponsored training for women (M53) |