1. Sex Differences in Labour Turnover in the Australian Public Service
- Author
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Heather Prior and Bruce Chapman
- Subjects
Economics and Econometrics ,Government ,Labour economics ,Turnover ,Ceteris paribus ,Public service ,Demographic economics ,Psychology ,Sex specific - Abstract
This paper reports the use of a large data set of Australian government employees in an analysis of the influence of sex on voluntary labour turnover. Estimates derived from a conventional quit model are used to obtain ceteris paribus sex specific quit probabilities. These suggest that once other relevant variables are held constant, the expected quit differences between men and single women are significantly reduced. The analysis indicates clearly that the use of aggregate statistics may substantially exaggerate turnover differences attributable to sex.
- Published
- 1986
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