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Regional characteristics of the gender employment gap: A spatio-temporal approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

Jorge Chica-Olmo Open the ORCID record for Jorge Chica-Olmo [Opens in a new window] ,
Marina Checa-Olivas  and
Fernando Lopez-Castellano
Jorge Chica-Olmo*
Affiliation:
Universidad de Granada, Spain
Marina Checa-Olivas
Affiliation:
Universidad de Granada, Spain
Fernando Lopez-Castellano
Affiliation:
Universidad de Granada, Spain
*
Jorge Chica-Olmo, Department of Quantitative Methods, Universidad de Granada, Campus del la Cartuja sn, 18071 Granada, Spain. Email: jchica@ugr.es
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Abstract

There is a substantial body of research that recognises the importance of analysing regional characteristics in employment and labour relations that occur in a given geographical context. However, this phenomenon has been scarcely studied from a spatial approach. This article uses a spatio-temporal panel data model to examine the spatial interactions between the gender employment gap and, some labour and socioeconomic characteristics of 727 municipalities of Andalusia, Spain, for the period 2012–2016. The results show that due to spatial diffusion mechanisms, a spatial spillover effect occurs in both the gender gap in employment and in some of the labour and socioeconomic characteristics considered. These findings may be extended to other geographic areas and can be of use for the implementation of regional policies aimed at narrowing the gender employment gap.

Keywords

R10J16E24Employmentgender gaplabour marketpolicy diffusionspatial model
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Original Articles
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The Economic and Labour Relations Review , Volume 32 , Issue 4 , December 2021 , pp. 575 - 593
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Copyright © The Author(s) 2021

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