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 …

This paper studies gender interactions within hierarchical organizations using a large data set on the duration of … discontinuity in gender-mixed electoral races decided by a narrow margin. The likelihood that a female mayor survives until the end …

We test for gender discrimination by sending fake CVs to apply for entry-level jobs. Female candidates are more likely …

An alleged achievement of socialism was gender equality in the labour market. Has its collapse shattered this … this is largely explained by a matching decline in ‘Oaxaca's discrimination,’ suggesting extraordinary improvement of women …

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 … selectivity bias correction procedure. Using information derived from the entrance equations, the decomposition procedure is then …

findings on gender discrimination, and while they have identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments … unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new …, the discrimination detected in field experiments is less pervasive than that implied by the regression approach …

addition to earnings and productivity measures, we have information on outside offers and perceptions of discrimination. In …Using a unique data source on academic economist labour market experiences, we explore gender, pay and promotions. In … contrast to the existing literature, we find both a gender promotions gap and a within-rank gender pay gap. A driving factor …

of the state's extractive technology. We posit further that this extractive technology is determined by the transparency … transparency of the new farming technology. We then apply our theory to explain key institutional features that distinguished …

There is a broad consensus in the literature that costs of information processing and acquisition may generate costly … expectations. This paper analyses empirically whether enhanced central bank transparency lowers dispersion among professional … forecasters of key economic variables, using a large set of proxies for central bank transparency in 12 advanced economies. It …

We analyze how transparency affects information acquisition in a bargaining context, where proposers may chose to … purchase information about the unknown outside option of their bargaining partner. Although information acquisition is … excessive in all our scenarios we find that the bargaining outcome depends crucially on the transparency of the bargaining …