Part-Time Work and Employer-Provided Training: Boon to Women and Bane to Men?

Swiss Leading House Working Paper No. 58

27 Pages Posted: 13 Apr 2011

See all articles by Uschi Backes-Gellner

Uschi Backes-Gellner

University of Zurich - Institute for Business Administration; Swiss Leading House

Yvonne Oswald

University of Zurich - Economics of Education, Firm Behaviour and Training Policies; University of Zurich - Department of Business Administration (IBW)

Simone N. Tuor Sartore

University of Zurich - Department of Business Administration; University of Zurich - Economics of Education, Firm Behaviour and Training Policies

Date Written: March 2011

Abstract

Previous studies on employer-provided training have consistently shown a gap in training participation between part-time and full-time workers. This study examines whether the training disadvantage for part-time workers differs by gender. To capture the uncertainty in the firm's training decision and to factor in heterogeneity among part-time workers, our analysis draws not only on human capital but also on statistical discrimination theory.

Our empirical results indicate that gender plays a role in determining part-time/full-time training differences. Whereas for women working part-time or full-time makes only a minor difference, for men working part-time constitutes a serious disadvantage in access to employer-provided training. The results remain consistent among different subsamples.

Keywords: part-time work, training probability

JEL Classification: I21, J16, M53

Suggested Citation

Backes-Gellner, Uschi and Oswald, Yvonne and Tuor Sartore, Simone N., Part-Time Work and Employer-Provided Training: Boon to Women and Bane to Men? (March 2011). Swiss Leading House Working Paper No. 58, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1808234 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1808234

Uschi Backes-Gellner (Contact Author)

University of Zurich - Institute for Business Administration ( email )

Plattenstrasse 14
8032 Zurich
Switzerland
+41 44 6344281 (Phone)
+41 44 6344370 (Fax)

Swiss Leading House ( email )

Plattenstrasse 14
Zurich, 8032
Switzerland

Yvonne Oswald

University of Zurich - Economics of Education, Firm Behaviour and Training Policies ( email )

Plattenstrasse 14
Zurich, 8032
Switzerland

University of Zurich - Department of Business Administration (IBW) ( email )

Hottingerstrasse 10
Plattenstrasse 14
Zurich, 8032
Switzerland

Simone N. Tuor Sartore

University of Zurich - Department of Business Administration ( email )

Plattenstrasse 14
Zurich, 8032
Switzerland
+ 41 - 44 - 6345192 (Phone)
+ 41 - 44 - 6344370 (Fax)

University of Zurich - Economics of Education, Firm Behaviour and Training Policies ( email )

Switzerland

Do you have negative results from your research you’d like to share?

Paper statistics

Downloads
94
Abstract Views
980
Rank
499,344
PlumX Metrics