Application of the Gray test to the assessment of the influence of gender on the form of the unemployment exit Cover Image

Wykorzystanie testu Graya do oceny wpływu płci na formę wyjścia z bezrobocia
Application of the Gray test to the assessment of the influence of gender on the form of the unemployment exit

Author(s): Beata Bieszk-Stolorz
Subject(s): Economy, Business Economy / Management
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: survival analysis; cumulative incidence function; Gray’s test; unemployment; gender

Summary/Abstract: The goal of the article is the assessment of the influence of gender on the probability of deregistration from the labour office because of accepting the unsubsidised job, subsidised job, starting the economic activity, going abroad, receiving invalidity pension, becoming retired, receiving benefitsand other causes. These forms of the unemployment exit are the various competing risks. Methods of the survival analysis taking censored observation were used in the research. The cumulative incidence function was used for the assessment of the competing risks. It enabled the assessment of the probability of the form of the unemployment exit. The Gray test was used for the analysis of differences of the influence of gender on the probability of deregistration because of the specific reason. These differences were analysed in subgroups that were extracted because of the features of the unemployed persons: education, age, the number of subsequent registrations and seniority. The analysis was conducted on the basis of the individual data of thepersons registered in the Poviat Labour Office in Szczecin.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 54/3
  • Page Range: 71-83
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish
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