Using a large data set for Germany, we show that both the raw and the unexplained gender earnings gap are higher in … robust segregation effects. Working time flexibility and career aspirations do not seem to contribute much to the gender … earnings gap, whereas family background plays a certain role as it affects the earnings of self-employed men and women quite …

gender differences in job separation rates to employment and nonemployment. In line with descriptive evidence, we find lower … affect separations differently by gender. When additionally controlling for wages, we find that both separation rates are … considerably lower and also significantly less wage-elastic for women than for men, suggesting an interplay of gender differences …