Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Title: The Gender Gap in Earnings Losses After Job Displacement
Author-Name: Hannah Illing
Author-Email: hannah.illing@uni-bonn.de
Author-Name: Johannes Schmieder
Author-Email: johannes@bu.edu
Author-Name: Simon Trenkle
Author-Email: trenkle@iza.org
Classification-JEL: J22, J23, J16
Keywords: Labor Supply, Labor Demand, Economics of Gender

Abstract: study design combined with propensity score matching and reweighting to administrative data
from Germany. After a mass layoff, women's earnings losses are about 35% higher than men's,
with the gap persisting five years after displacement. This is partly explained by women taking
up more part-time employment, but even women's full-time wage losses are almost 50% higher
than men's. Parenthood magnifies the gender gap sharply. Finally, displaced women spend
less time on job search and apply for lower-paid jobs, highlighting the importance of labor
supply decisions.

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