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 …

results show that discrimination plays a more important role in explaining gender wage differentials than in explaining ethnic …

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 …

candidates. This decline is most pronounced in states with entrenched gender bias and in male-headed parties, suggesting an … institutionalized demand-side barriers rather than gender-specific preferences and constraints …

Australia it remains around 17%. Interestingly, the gender pay gap is relatively small for the young but increases as men and … explain these wage patterns? And what can governments do to speed up wage convergence to close the gender pay gap? Clearly …, the gender pay gap continues to be an important policy issue. …

2007, we find persistent differences in the gender compositions of both faculty and graduate students across departments …

policy insights. This paper first describes key employment trends in India by gender. Then the potential determinants of …

and especially for women. <P>Specific gender policies will be needed to enlarge economic opportunities for women and to …

entrepreneurs face gender biases stemming from socio-economic factors or specific biases in laws such as inheritance laws …