<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper offers an overview of labor market characteristics in Slovenia with an emphasis on gender disparities. A survival analysis is conducted based on an extensive database obtained from the Employment Office of the Republic of Slovenia of more than 450,000 unemployment incidences between January 2004 and July 2008. Kaplan-Meier estimates of survival functions show specific disparities among unemployed women and men in Slovenia. Unemployed men are better off when re-entering the labor market as they are re-employed more quickly than women.</p></abstract>

The paper offers an overview of labor market characteristics in Slovenia with an emphasis on gender disparities. A survival analysis is conducted based on an extensive database obtained from the Employment Office of the Republic of Slovenia of more than 450,000 unemployment incidences between January 2004 and July 2008. Kaplan-Meier estimates of survival functions show specific disparities among unemployed women and men in Slovenia. Unemployed men are better off when re-entering the labor market as they are re-employed more quickly than women.

Gender Disparities in the Duration of Unemployment Spells in Slovenia

Faculty of Economics and Business, Department of Political Economy, University of Maribor

Faculty of Economics and Business, Department of Quantitative Economic Analysis, University of Maribor

Faculty of Economics and Business Department of Economic Policy, University of Maribor

South East European Journal of Economics and Business

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The paper offers an overview of labor market characteristics in Slovenia with an emphasis on gender disparities. A survival analysis is conducted based on an...

Gender Disparities in the Duration of Unemployment Spells in Slovenia

Published Online: Jun 03, 2011

Page range: 99 - 110

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10033-011-0009-8

Keywords
gender, unemployment, labor market, survival analysis, Kaplan-Meier, Slovenia

This content is open access.

Gender Disparities in the Duration of Unemployment Spells in Slovenia

Published Online: Jun 03, 2011

Page range: 99 - 110

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10033-011-0009-8

Keywordsgender, unemployment, labor market, survival analysis, Kaplan-Meier, Slovenia

This content is open access.

Keywords
gender, unemployment, labor market, survival analysis, Kaplan-Meier, Slovenia