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 …

importance of structural change in reducing gender disparities by decreasing the labor demand for physical attributes. The … results show that India, the country with the greatest physical labor requirements, exhibits the largest labor market gender … inequality. In contrast, Brazil's labor requirements have followed a similar trend seen in the United States, reducing gender …

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 …

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 …