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DTSTART:20130402T120500
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LOCATION:4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
SUMMARY:The effects of human capital depreciation on occupational gender segregation\, Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar\, Hsueh-Hsiang (Cher) Li\, UW Department of Economics
DESCRIPTION:This talk analyzes how human capital depreciation affects occupational gender segregation. Prior studies are generally biased because\, given an occupational depreciation rate\, female workers endogenously choose the duration of leave. I address this problem by proposing an alternative depreciation measure utilizing involuntary job displacement shocks. Using this depreciation proxy along with additional pecuniary and non-pecuniary occupational attributes\, I estimate a conditional logit model of occupational choices separately for male and female college graduates. My results show that women have a stronger distaste than men for occupations with high human capital depreciation.<br><br>

URL:http://www.physics.wisc.edu/twap/view.php?id=2988
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