%0 Journal Article
%T Looking beyond Average Earnings: Why Are Male and Female Part
%A Madeline Nightingale
%J Work, Employment and Society
%@ 1469-8722
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0950017018796471
%X This article uses Labour Force Survey data to examine why male and female part-time employees in the UK are more likely to be low paid than their full-time counterparts. This ¡®low pay penalty¡¯ is found to be just as large, if not larger, for men compared to women. For both men and women, differences in worker characteristics account for a relatively small proportion of the part-time low pay gap. Of greater importance is the unequal distribution of part-time jobs across the labour market, in particular the close relationship between part-time employment and social class. Using a selection model to adjust for the individual¡¯s estimated propensity to be in (full-time) employment adds a modest amount of explanatory power. Particularly for men, a large ¡®unexplained¡¯ component is identified, indicating that even with a similar human capital and labour market profile part-time workers are more likely than full-time workers to be low paid
%K Decomposition
%K gender
%K low pay
%K part-time employment
%K selection
%K wage gaps
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0950017018796471