{"title":"Labor Supply Decisions, Occupational Segregation, and\nIntergenerational Income Mobility – Germany and the United States\nCompared","authors":"Veronika V. Eberharter","doi":"10.25071/1874-6322.23683","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The article directs attention to the structuring effects of humancapital\nvariables and family-background characteristics on labor supply\ndecisions, occupational segregation, and intergenerational income\nmobility in the United States and Germany - two countries with different\ninstitutional labor market settings and family role patterns. The\narticle tests the hypothesis that the impact of family-background characteristics\non labor supply decisions, sex or gender segregation, and\nintergenerational transmission of social and economic status is more\nexpressed in societies with traditional role patterns. Using data from\nthe international version of the Cross-National Equivalent File (PSIDGSOEP),\nthe results of the static labor supply model show that gender\nand education significantly determine the individual labor market participation\nin both the countries. Occupational gender segregation is\nmore pronounced in Germany than in the United States. The contribution\nof the occupational groups to total gender segregation differs\nby country but not by marital status. We find stronger evidence for\nthe impact of individual- and family-background characteristics on the\nintergenerational heritage of social status in the United States than in\nGermany.","PeriodicalId":142300,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Income Distribution®","volume":"177 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2009-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Income Distribution®","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.25071/1874-6322.23683","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The article directs attention to the structuring effects of humancapital
variables and family-background characteristics on labor supply
decisions, occupational segregation, and intergenerational income
mobility in the United States and Germany - two countries with different
institutional labor market settings and family role patterns. The
article tests the hypothesis that the impact of family-background characteristics
on labor supply decisions, sex or gender segregation, and
intergenerational transmission of social and economic status is more
expressed in societies with traditional role patterns. Using data from
the international version of the Cross-National Equivalent File (PSIDGSOEP),
the results of the static labor supply model show that gender
and education significantly determine the individual labor market participation
in both the countries. Occupational gender segregation is
more pronounced in Germany than in the United States. The contribution
of the occupational groups to total gender segregation differs
by country but not by marital status. We find stronger evidence for
the impact of individual- and family-background characteristics on the
intergenerational heritage of social status in the United States than in
Germany.