There are relevant gender differences in the labour-market status of health sciences graduates in Spain: (i) female … physicians have lower participation rates than male physicians plus they are subject to higher occupational mismatch, and (ii …) moonlighting is more frequent among male physicians. In this paper we investigate whether such differences are related to the …

Although it has long been conjectured that having physicians in leadership positions is valuable for hospital … executive officers of these hospitals are then traced by hand. The CEOs are classified into physicians and non …

Women earn less than men but are not less satisfied with life. This paper argues that norms on the appropriate pay for … women compared to men explain these findings. We take citizens’ approval of an equal rights amendment to the Swiss … constitution as a proxy for the norm that “women and men shall have the right to equal pay for work of equal value”. We find that …

narrowing of the uncorrected gender pay gap from the mid-1990s. Women top executives earn between 8% to 25% less than male … gap is statistically related to the gender of the Chief Executive and Corporate Board Chair. Women CEO and Board Chairs …Using data on Executive Compensation from Standard and Poor's ExecuComp, this paper explores the gender gap in top …

This paper examines the hypothesis that the gender salary gap observed in the academic labour market is predominantly … analysis reveals that the crowding of women into the lower rungs of academia is a strong determinant of their lower average … salary. This effect should be transitory as young women, now entering the profession, move up its ranks. We construct a rank …

job dissatisfaction, particularly amongst men. While women who experience gender discrimination are somewhat more likely …This paper examines the links between survey-based reports of sexual harassment and gender discrimination. In … particular, we are interested in assessing whether these concepts measure similar forms of gender-biased behavior and whether …

This paper considers the relationship between international migration and gender discrimination through the lens of …

Several countries have recently introduced gender quotas in hiring and promotion committees at universities. This paper … studies whether these policies increase the presence of women in top academic positions. The identification strategy exploits … seven members increases the number of women promoted to full professor by 14%. Conversely, when committee members decide on …