Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of gender characteristics in the labor market of Macao and in gaming companies' employee-selection process.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper uses logistic regression to test the statistical significance of gender characteristics in the labor market and the employee-selection process, while data are drawn from the Statistics and Census Service of Macao. The marginal effects of gender characteristics on the probability of working in the gaming sector and non-gaming sector are calculated for practical significance.

Findings

Gender characteristics are statistically significant in the labor market. For the age groups of 45–54 and 55–64 years, females with educational attainment (senior secondary or below) tend to have a higher probability of working in the gaming industry, while for the young age groups of 25–34 and 35–44 years, the impact of gender characteristics tends to be much smaller, suggesting that gender inequality is less severe in young age groups. This can be explained by the change in focus of the gaming industry from the traditional gaming component in the past to non-gaming components in recent years.

Originality/value

This paper is intended to give information about the impact of gender characteristics on the labor market of Macao, after controlling for age and educational attainment. Scholars may utilize the insights from this paper to make comparisons between different economies and Macao and investigate whether the findings related to gender characteristics are consistent.

中文翻译：

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澳门性别特征与劳动力市场：从博彩业分类看

目的

本文旨在探讨性别特征对澳门劳动力市场和博彩公司员工选拔过程的影响。

设计/方法/方法

本文使用逻辑回归检验劳动力市场和员工选拔过程中性别特征的统计显着性，数据来自澳门统计暨普查局。计算性别特征对在博彩部门和非博彩部门工作的概率的边际效应具有实际意义。

发现

性别特征在劳动力市场上具有统计学意义。在 45-54 岁和 55-64 岁年龄组中，受教育程度（高中或以下）的女性在游戏行业工作的可能性更高，而在 25-34 岁和 35-64 岁的年轻年龄组中， 44 岁时，性别特征的影响往往要小得多，这表明年轻年龄组的性别不平等不那么严重。这可以通过游戏行业的关注点从过去的传统游戏组件转向近年来的非游戏组件来解释。

原创性/价值

本文旨在在控制年龄和教育程度后，提供有关性别特征对澳门劳动力市场影响的信息。学者可利用本文的见解，对不同经济体与澳门进行比较，并调查有关性别特征的研究结果是否一致。