@article{91a7a519a4154dfd956b58cec1b6ffca,
title = "Hours, Occupations, and Gender Differences in Labor Market Outcomes†",
abstract = "Goldin (2014) offers a narrative in which gender differences in home production responsibilities create gender gaps in labor market outcomes. We carry out a model-based quantitative assessment of this narrative and find that it can account for a significant share of gender gaps in occupational choice, wages, and hours. Our analysis emphasizes the quantitative significance of two key elements not highlighted by Goldin: heterogeneity in comparative advantage and multimember households. Gender differences in nonmarket responsibilities have important aggregate effects on welfare and productivity, similar to those emphasized by Hsieh et al. (2019).",
author = "Andr{\'e}s Erosa and Luisa Fuster and Gueorgui Kambourov and Richard Rogerson",
note = "Funding Information: * Erosa: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Department of Economics (email: aerosa@eco.uc3m.es); Fuster: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Department of Economics (email: lfuster@eco.uc3m.es); Kambourov: University of Toronto, Department of Economics (email: g.kambourov@utoronto.ca); Rogerson: Princeton University, Department of Economics and Woodrow Wilson School (email: rdr@Princeton.edu). Virgiliu Midrigan was coeditor for this article. We thank Georgi Kocharkov, Fabien Postel-Vinay, Henry Siu, and seminar participants at Arizona State University, Barcelona Summer School in Economics, Bocconi University, Canon Institute for Global Studies, Canadian Economics Association, Canadian Macro Study Group, Carleton Macro-Finance Workshop, Cornell University, CREI-UPF, Edinburgh MacCaLM Workshop; ERMAS, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Girona Workshop on Family and Gender Economics, GRIPS-UT Workshop, Guelph Workshop on Skills and Human Capital, Hong Kong University, IFS Conference on Labor Supply and the Welfare State, Midwest Macro, Prague Global Macro Workshop, Sichuan University, Spanish Economic Association, Society for Economic Dynamics, Stockholm School of Economics, Sveriges Riksbank, Stanford University, Temple University, University of Bristol, University of California Los Angeles, University of Chicago, University of Oslo, University of Southern California, University of Toronto, University of Toulouse, and University of Western Ontario. Erosa and Fuster acknowledge financial support from the Spanish Minister of Science and Innovation (grant #ECO2015-68615-P) and from the Bank of Spain. Kambourov acknowledges financial support from SSHRC (grant #435-2014-0815). The collection of data used in this study was partly supported by the National Institutes of Health under grant numbers R01 HD069609 and R01 AG040213, and by the National Science Foundation under award numbers SES 1157698 and 1623684. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022. American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics All Rights Reserved",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1257/mac.20200318",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "14",
pages = "543--590",
journal = "American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics",
issn = "1945-7707",
publisher = "American Economic Association",
number = "3",
}