We estimate a model of the joint participation and mobility along with the individuals' wage formation in France. Our …

, labor force participation of male workers of different skills has fallen while their working hours have increased. …

We analyze the determinants of participation (whether to study) and schooling (where and what to study) in a public … role for travel costs: they hardly affect the participation decisions, but have a strong impact on the schooling decisions …. In addition, high school background plays an important role in both the participation and schooling decisions. To …

educational investments and labour force participation based on matching regimes. …

inequality leads to more or less group participation. Using survey data from rural Tanzania we find that inequality at the … 'subjectively' defined. However, when we disaggregate groups by type of access rule, we find that inequality decreases participation … in open access groups when there are wide disparities at the bottom of the distribution, while it increases participation …

This paper considers a simple model of self-fulfilling expectations that leads to a multiple equilibrium of gender gaps … in wages and participation rates. Rather than resorting to moral hazard problems related to unobservable effort, like in … most of the related literature, our model fully relies on statistical discrimination. If firms believe that women will quit …

studies. We relate the results to the relevant level of female labour force participation. …

-time jobs contributes to women's lower pay separately from gender differences in human capital attributes. … 1980 Women in Employment Survey) finds significant sample selection bias for women in full-time jobs. Part of the observed … differential between the hourly pay of full-timers and part-timers arises because of self-selection of women who can command higher …

The provision of subsidized child care may encourage women to participate in the paid labor force. This paper analyzes … the effects of the price and availability of subsidized child care on labor force participation, using data from a Swedish … the provision of high quality public day care in Sweden encourages the labor market activity of women with preschoolers …

This paper presents a wage series for unskilled English women workers from 1260 to 1850 and compares it with existing … evidence for men. Our series cast light on long run trends in women’s agency and wellbeing, revealing an intractable, indeed … widening gap between women and men’s remuneration in the centuries following the Black Death. This informs several recent …