the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews … research on gender inequality in access to self-employment, the gender gap in pensions, and the emerging topic of a gender gap … in wealth, attempting to highlight the paths between the various facets of gender inequality. Throughout the review, much …

There are large international differences in the gender pay gap. In some developed countries in 2010-2012, women were … close to earnings parity with men, while in others large gaps remained. Since women and men have different average levels of … education and experience and commonly work in different industries and occupations, multiple factors can influence the gender …

In this paper, we propose a job assignment model allowing for a gender difference in access to jobs. Males and females …-paid jobs can be detected and quantified. We estimate the gender relative probability of getting any given job position for full …

results show that discrimination plays a more important role in explaining gender wage differentials than in explaining ethnic … of workers into an endowment component and a discrimination component. The standard decomposition technique does not take … modified, in order to take into account the contribution of segregation to the endowments and the discrimination components. It …

Studies from countries with laws against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation suggest that gay and lesbian …

educational attainment or skills. Gender is a further dimension in which the impacts of trade liberalization can differ. In a … globalizing world it is important to understand whether and how trade policy can contribute toward enhancing gender convergence in …

Very little is known about gender wage disparities in Kosovo and, to date, nothing is known about how such wage …, not much is known about gender wage gaps in early career worldwide, a period which is perceived to be an important … determinant of the overall gender wage disparity. This paper analyzes data from the School-to-Work Transition (SWT) survey, an …

The gender pay gap in Germany amounts to 22% according to the Federal Statistical Office (2014). Based on the Socio … increased importance of the unexplained part for higher quantiles. The authors suggest that discrimination cannot be singled out …

model with demographic and firm productivity heterogeneity. The model replicates observed gender gaps in employment, hours … penalty to address non-compliance. Based on our model, the minimum wage primarily reduces the gender income gap through the … gender wage gap. At its 2022 level, the German minimum wage reduces the gender employment and hours gap due to an upward …

addition to earnings and productivity measures, we have information on outside offers and perceptions of discrimination. In … discrimination and also outside job applications correlate with an individual receiving earnings below that expected, given their …Using a unique data source on academic economist labour market experiences, we explore gender, pay and promotions. In …