New Men and New Women? A Comparison of Paid Work Propensities from a Panel Data Perspective
利用英国家庭面板调查数据，比较男女有偿工作参与率，发现男性工作持续性更高、女性非工作持续性更高，并分析儿童存在对参与率差异的影响。
British Household Panel Survey data for waves 1–5 (1991–5) is used to compare paid work participation rates of men and women. Year‐on‐year persistence in paid work propensities is high, but greater for men than women. Non‐work persistence is higher for women. Using panel data probit regression models, we also investigate why men’s and women’s participation rates differ, comparing the roles of differences in observable characteristics and differences in rates of return to these characteristics, while also controlling for unobserved heterogeneity. Most of the difference in participation rates is accounted for by the differences in returns associated with the presence of children, especially young ones.