This article analyses the effects of economic transparency on the optimal monetary policy in an economy affected by … the economy. Transparency is optimal as long as the central bank does not weight the stabilisation of the output gap too …

markets in Japan and France. When it comes to the gender wage gaps, it is necessary to take the general structure of wages and … for the the gender wage gap differentials between the two countries. Factor decomposition analysis focusing on full …

In this article, we examine the structure of gender and ethnic wage gaps, and the distribution of both, paid and unpaid … Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition. The determinants of hours allocated to paid and unpaid work activities between gender groups … discrimination, but the wage gap is mostly explained by the difference in endowments. The wider gap at the lower tail of the …

This paper focuses on the interaction between gender discrimination and household decisions. It develops a general … are assumed to decrease the time that parents spend on their children. The model shows that gender discrimination may … gender discrimination. An increase in the discrimination level implies a related decrease in fertility, women's participation …

This paper proposes a new measure of gender di¤erences in access to jobs based on a job assignment model. This measure … show that the gender di¤erence in the probability of getting a job increases along the wage ladder from 9% to 50%. Females …

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 quantiffed. We estimate the gender relative probability of getting any given job position for full …

Financial markets are known for overreacting to public information. Central banks can reduce this overreaction either … by disclosing information to a fraction of market participants only (partial publicity) or by disclosing information to … all participants but with ambiguity (partial transparency). We show that, in theory, both communication strategies are …

procedure modeled as an asymmetric information beauty contest managed by a corrupt agent. In his evaluation of firms' offers for …

increasing the probability of a financial crisis, and therefore provides an additional argument in favor of transparency in the …