Career sidestep, wage stepback? The impact of different types of career breaks on wages.

Autor/inn/en	Theunissen, Gert; Verbruggen, Marije; Forrier, Anneleen; Sels, Luc
Institution	Katholieke Universiteit (Louvain); Steunpunt Werk en Sociale Economie (Louvain)
Titel	Career sidestep, wage stepback? The impact of different types of career breaks on wages. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Unterbrechung der Karriere, Einkommensrückschritt? Der Einfluss verschiedener Formen von Erwerbsunterbrechungen auf das Einkommen.
Quelle	Louvain (2007), 22 S.; 742 KB PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	WSE report
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
Schlagwörter	Eltern; Einkommenseffekt; Einkommenshöhe; Lohnhöhe; Arbeitslosigkeit; Berufliche Selbstständigkeit; Erwerbsunterbrechung; Bildungsurlaub; Urlaub; Geschlechtsspezifik; Ursache; Belgien
Abstract	"In this paper, we simultaneously study the wage effects of different types of interruptions, allowing for differential effects of break duration in function of the nature of the interruption. The types we will study are family leaves, unemployment spells, self-employment spells, educational leaves and a residual category, comprising 'private' reasons to interrupt one's career (e.g. travel, rest, voluntary work). Family leaves and unemployment spells have received ample attention in literature, being perhaps the most obvious reasons why an individual is not working at some point in time. Our addition of self-employment spells and educational leaves is not only inspired by their under-exposure in research on career breaks, but also by the growing recognition among policy-makers of the crucial role of lifelong learning and entrepreneurship in sustaining economic growth. It is far from certain whether career interruptions that are advocated by the government as a potential boost to employment and entrepreneurship also pay off for individuals once they return to wage employment. Besides this focus on different types of career breaks, our study also complements previous research by conducting separate analyses for men and women. In doing so, we investigate to what extent the impact of the different types of career breaks differ between male and female workers. The paper is structured as follows. First, we discuss the literature on career breaks. Then we present the methodology and the results. The paper concludes with a discussion on the key implications of the research and some suggestions for future research." Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch; Befragung; Sekundäranalyse. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 2006 bis 2006. (author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2009/4