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FEMALE DUAL LABOUR MARKETS AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Author(s) -
Ghilarducci T.,
Lee M.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
scottish journal of political economy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.4
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1467-9485
pISSN - 0036-9292
DOI - 10.1111/j.0036-9292.2005.00332.x
Subject(s) - dual (grammatical number) , workforce , labour economics , compensation (psychology) , economics , current population survey , population , employee benefits , finance , economic growth , art , psychology , demography , literature , sociology , psychoanalysis
The American workforce and the role of employee benefits have changed dramatically since the 1980s when economists seriously considered dual labour market models to describe pay and employment patterns. Then, dual labour market models described men's labour markets, but not women's and the tests applied to wages and salaries, not total compensation including employee benefits. Applying a switching regression technique using the 2000 Current Population Survey and including women workers and employee benefits, we find that the dual labour market hypothesis is consistent with both female and male labour market structures, especially when total compensation is considered.