2019-06: Nappies, Books and Wrinkles: How Children, Qualifications and Age Affect Female Underemployment in Australia (Working paper)
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Kler, Parvinder
Potia, Azhar Hussain
Shankar, Sriram
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2019
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Using 2001-17 panel data, this paper investigates the determinants of underemployment among females in part-time employment. This is a matter of policy relevance given the high and growing rate of part-time employment in Australia and the preponderance of females in this work role. Statistical analysis shows a significant and persistent presence of such underemployment, with further bifurcations based on age, qualifications and the presence of children at home. Econometric results suggest that the young, tertiary educated and those with no children at home are likelier to be underemployed. The underemployed do however, ...
View more >Using 2001-17 panel data, this paper investigates the determinants of underemployment among females in part-time employment. This is a matter of policy relevance given the high and growing rate of part-time employment in Australia and the preponderance of females in this work role. Statistical analysis shows a significant and persistent presence of such underemployment, with further bifurcations based on age, qualifications and the presence of children at home. Econometric results suggest that the young, tertiary educated and those with no children at home are likelier to be underemployed. The underemployed do however, surprisingly, enjoy a 'compensatory effect' with respect to being happier than the non-underemployed with the nature of their work tasks and work-life balance. In all cases, those part-timers who are also casually employed are also more likely to be underemployed.
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View more >Using 2001-17 panel data, this paper investigates the determinants of underemployment among females in part-time employment. This is a matter of policy relevance given the high and growing rate of part-time employment in Australia and the preponderance of females in this work role. Statistical analysis shows a significant and persistent presence of such underemployment, with further bifurcations based on age, qualifications and the presence of children at home. Econometric results suggest that the young, tertiary educated and those with no children at home are likelier to be underemployed. The underemployed do however, surprisingly, enjoy a 'compensatory effect' with respect to being happier than the non-underemployed with the nature of their work tasks and work-life balance. In all cases, those part-timers who are also casually employed are also more likely to be underemployed.
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Economics and Business Statistics
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J16 - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
J28 - Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
Underemployment
females
part-time employment
job satisfaction