Open AccessWomen's job search propensity and selection effect in European labour markets
Author(s) -
Rosalia Castellano,
Gennaro Punzo
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
metodološki zvezki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.127
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1854-0031
pISSN - 1854-0023
DOI - 10.51936/nczu2338
Subject(s) - norwegian , selection (genetic algorithm) , multivariate probit model , economics , selection bias , propensity score matching , probit , bivariate analysis , labour economics , ordered probit , probit model , demographic economics , econometrics , statistics , philosophy , linguistics , mathematics , artificial intelligence , computer science
The aim of this paper is to explore the main determinants of women's job search propensity and the mechanism underlying the selection effect into labour markets. The analysis compares the European countries, sharing the lowest female activity rates, with the well-developed economies of North Europe, traditionally characterized by the highest levels of female labour force participation. The potential selection bias due to the overlap in some unobserved characteristics is addressed via a bivariate probit model. Significant selection effects in women's job search process of opposite signs are found for Greece, on the one side, and for the Polish and the Norwegian labour markets, on the other one.