women in 1990 underestimated the true, selection-corrected gap, i.e., the gap we would have expected to see had all of these … women been employed in 1990. In this paper, we use the NLSY97 to update his analysis. The observed median log wage gap … considerable extent by changes in the distribution of educational attainment across young white and black women. …

England, Scotland and Wales. Instrumental variables estimates reveal large returns for both men and women. However, the … women may also narrow the gender earnings gap. …

assessed as a self-fulfilling prophecy-phenomenon redounded to women's disadvantage on the labor market. Secondly, the …

findings on gender discrimination, and while they have identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments …. Experiments have also offered new insights into gender differences in preferences: women appear to gain less from negotiation …

We investigate the importance of employer preferences in explaining Sticky Floors, the pattern that women are, compared … selected jobs. We find that women get 33% less interview invitations when they apply for jobs implying a first promotion in …