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The Female/Male Unemployment Rate Differential

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  • Anthony Myatt
  • David Murrell

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The authors show that bottlenecks in the economy's ability to absorb new entrants do not explain the female/male unemployment rate differential in Canada. The "loose attachment" of women to the work force explains only one-quarter of the differential. Of overriding importance is the minimum wage. If not for minimum wages, mature women would have an unemployment rate below that of men. Relative minimum wages have been falling since 1974. Further falls could lead to a negative female/male unemployment rate differential and reverse all the standard arguments about a greater female labor force share increasing the natural rate of unemployment.

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  • Anthony Myatt & David Murrell, 1990. "The Female/Male Unemployment Rate Differential," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 23(2), pages 312-322, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:cje:issued:v:23:y:1990:i:2:p:312-22
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    1. Riadh Ben Jelili, "undated". "The Arab Region's Unemployment Problem Revisited," API-Working Paper Series 1015, Arab Planning Institute - Kuwait, Information Center.
    2. Lauerová, Jana Stefanová & Terrell, Katherine, 2002. "Explaining Gender Differences in Unemployment with Micro Data on Flows in Post-Communist Economies," IZA Discussion Papers 600, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    3. Wamuthenya, W.R., 2010. "To what extent can disparities in compositional and structural factors account for the gender gap in unemployment in the urban areas of Kenya?," ISS Working Papers - General Series 19752, International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS), The Hague.

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