Gender Disparities in the Duration of Unemployment Spells in Slovenia

• Authors: Polona Pašič , Alenka Kavkler , Darja Boršič
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper offers an overview of labor market characteristics in Slovenia with an emphasis on gender disparities. A survival analysis is conducted based on an extensive database obtained from the Employment Office of the Republic of Slovenia of more than 450,000 unemployment incidences between January 2004 and July 2008. Kaplan-Meier estimates of survival functions show specific disparities among unemployed women and men in Slovenia. Unemployed men are better off when re-entering the labor market as they are re-employed more quickly than women.

Keywords

EN

gender; unemployment; labor market; survival analysis; Kaplan-Meier; Slovenia

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: South East European Journal of Economics and Business
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 99-110

Dates

published

2011-04-01

online

2011-06-03

Contributors

author

Polona Pašič

• Faculty of Economics and Business, Department of Political Economy, University of Maribor

author

Alenka Kavkler

• Faculty of Economics and Business, Department of Quantitative Economic Analysis, University of Maribor

author

Darja Boršič

• Faculty of Economics and Business Department of Economic Policy, University of Maribor

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10033-011-0009-8