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A Cross-National Analysis of the Wages of Part-Time Workers: Evidence from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia

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  • Janet C. Gornick

    (Department of Political Science at Baruch College, City University of New York)

  • Jerry A. Jacobs

    (University of Pennsylvania)

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We analyse wage differentials between part-time and full-time workers in four English-speaking countries, using cross-nationally comparable data from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS). An analysis of gross wage gaps (that is, unadjusted for human capital- and job-related differences) reveals that women part-time workers earn significantly less per hour than do their full-time counter-parts in all of these countries. In an analysis of net wage gaps (wage gaps adjusted for a range of explanatory variables) we assess the extent to which wage differentials can be explained by measurable differences in human capital-related attributes, and in occupational and industrial variables. Findings indicate that part-time workers are positioned differently within the labour markets of these countries, and that cross-national differences in part-time versus fill-time wages cannot be explained fully by inter-country differences in the degree of wage dispersion. Finally, we discuss policies and institutions that contribute to different outcomes across countries.

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  • Janet C. Gornick & Jerry A. Jacobs, 1996. "A Cross-National Analysis of the Wages of Part-Time Workers: Evidence from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 10(1), pages 1-27, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:woemps:v:10:y:1996:i:1:p:1-27
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    1. Joan Rodgers & Iris Day, 2015. "The premium for part-time work in Australia," Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School, vol. 18(3), pages 281-305.
    2. Elena Bardasi, 2000. "Women and Part-Time Employment: Workers ""Choices"" and Wage Penalties in Five Industrialized Countries," LIS Working papers 223, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
    3. Henning Lohmann, 2001. "Self-employed or employee, full-time or part-time? Gender differences in the determinants and conditions for self-employment in Europe and the US," MZES Working Papers 38, MZES.
    4. Gary Burtless & Peter Frase & Timothy Smeeding & Janet Gornick, 2010. "Income Distribution, Weekly Hours of Work, and Time for Child Rearing: The U.S. Experience in a Cross-National Context," LIS Working papers 489, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.
    5. Bardasi, Elena & C. Gornick, Janet, 2000. "Women and part-time employment: workers’ ‘choices’ and wage penalties in five industrialized countries," ISER Working Paper Series 2000-11, Institute for Social and Economic Research.

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