We estimate the effect of introducing new workplace practices on the gender gap in wages in the manufacturing sector … from adopting new workplace practices accrue mainly to males so that the gender gap in pay increases at the level of the … gender wage gap among salaried workers is significantly reduced in firms which offer project organisation, while the gap in …

information on employers, to measure the relative bargaining power of men and women and assess the impact of the gender gap in … bargaining strength on the male-female wage gap. We show that a model with additive fixed effects for workers and gender … perform a simple decomposition by assigning the firm-specific wage premiums for one gender to the other. Second, we relate the …

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 …

Despite its policy relevance there is little evidence on the joint evolution of gender differences in wages and … concentration of injuries among low-skilled female workers. The reduction in the gender wage gap is driven by sorting of workers … across sectors and occupations, while the reduction in the gender injury gap and the increased concentration of injuries …

, the largest factor was that the “unexplained” gender wage gap fell much faster in the 1980s than the 1990s. Our evidence … suggests that changes in labor force selectivity, changes in gender differences in unmeasured characteristics and in labor … convergence of the unexplained gender pay gap. …

This paper considers the role of gender in the promotion process and the impact of promotion on wages and wage growth …

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

to education are higher for women than men in both countries; the gender gap has worsened in 2008, but more so for …

observed patterns in the team-entry gender gap: (1) a gender gap in confidence in others (i.e. women are less pessimistic about …