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Career Sidestep, Wage Setback? The Impact of Different Types of Employment Interruptions on Wages
Author(s) -
Theunissen Gert,
Verbruggen Marijke,
Forrier Anneleen,
Sels Luc
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
gender, work and organization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.159
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1468-0432
pISSN - 0968-6673
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2009.00471.x
Subject(s) - unemployment , setback , wage , economics , sample (material) , labour economics , family leave , demographic economics , work (physics) , turnover , political science , economic growth , engineering , mechanical engineering , chemistry , management , chromatography , law
We examined the wage implications of different types of wage employment interruptions in a sample of 44,384 Belgian employees. The employment interruption types included are family leave, unemployment, self‐employment, educational leave and a category other interruptions (for example, travel, voluntary work). We conduct separate analyses for men and women. Results indicate that unemployment spells and family breaks are penalized by lower subsequent wages, while the wage impact of self‐employment spells and educational leave is insignificant. Family breaks and unemployment spells were found to be more harmful for men than for women. Implications of the results and directions for future research are discussed.