Is there evidence of a wage penalty to female part-time employment in South Africa?

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Title:	Is there evidence of a wage penalty to female part-time employment in South Africa?
Authors:	Posel, Dorrit Muller, Colette
Year:	2008
Periodical:	South African Journal of Economics
Volume:	76
Issue:	3
Pages:	466-479
Language:	English
Geographic term:	South Africa
Subjects:	wage differentials working hours women workers
External link:	https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1813-6982.2008.00197.x/pdf
Abstract:	The authors investigate female part-time employment in South Africa. Using household survey data for South Africa from 1995 to 2004, they show that women are over-represented in part-time employment, and that the growth in part-time work has been an important feature of the feminization of the labour force. In contrast to many studies of part-time work in other countries, however, they find evidence of a significant wage premium to female part-time employment. The premium is also robust to fixed effects estimations using Labour Force Survey panel data from 2001 to 2004, where controlling for unobservable differences increases its size. The premium persists with different hourly thresholds defining part-time employment and when accounting for possible reporting errors in hours worked. Bibliogr., notes, sum. [Journal abstract]