Gender Differences in Quits and Absenteeism in Canada

摘要: Female workers are traditionally viewed as more likely to quit, be absent and take days of absence than male workers, this gender difference is widely used an important explanation for the wage gap other labour market differences between men women. This study documents in quits absenteeism Canada attempts assess whether traditional view still valid today. The found that Canadian women's quitting behaviour changed dramatically over past two decades. While permanent quit rate was greater 1980s, it converged with men's since early 1990s, today there does not seem any significant In terms absenteeism, that, things being equal, women were somewhat different paid sick leave, unpaid leaves, their leave large: took only one day men. Taken together, these results imply Canada, current factors explain certain outcomes, such