The Part-Time Penalty for Natives and Immigrants

dc.contributor.author	Wahlberg, Roger
dc.date.accessioned	2008-09-15T13:12:45Z
dc.date.available	2008-09-15T13:12:45Z
dc.date.issued	2008-09-15T13:12:45Z
dc.identifier.issn	1403-2465
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2077/17894
dc.description.abstract	This study examines the part-time penalty for natives and immigrants in Sweden. We estimate an endogenous switching regression model, and the results indicate that there is evidence of self-selection into part-time and full-time jobs based on unobservable factors. Hence, individuals with full-time (part-time) jobs have unobserved characteristics that allow them to earn more (less) than average workers with full-time (part-time) jobs. We find that the adjusted part-time wage penalties are 20.9 percent for native males, 25.1 percent for immigrant men, 13.8 percent for native women, and 15.4 percent for immigrant women.	en
dc.language.iso	eng	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Working Papers in Economics	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	314	en
dc.subject	Part-time penalty	en
dc.subject	selection bias	en
dc.subject	natives	en
dc.subject	immigrants	en
dc.title	The Part-Time Penalty for Natives and Immigrants	en
dc.type	Text	en
dc.type.svep	report	en