There is an enormous literature on gender gaps in pay and labour market participation but virtually no literature on … gender gaps in unemployment rates. Although there are some countries in which there is essentially no gender gap in … show that, in countries where there is a large gender gap in unemployment rates, there is a gender gap in both flows from …

This paper presents evidence on gender segregation in employment contracts in 15 EU countries, using micro data from … productivity differentials between the two genders. There is thus a largely unexplained residual in the gender job allocation …

influencing political participation. …

(forthcoming) - Chowdry, H., Crawford, C., Dearden, L., Goodman, A. & Vignoles, A. (2013) Widening participation in higher …. 431-457. - Crawford, C. (2012) Socioeconomic gaps in HE participation: how have they changed over time? London: Institute … for Fiscal Studies. - Whitty, G. & Anders, J. (2014) (How) did Labour narrow the achievement and participation gap? LLAKES …

labor markets, as it is associated with a higher gender pay gap. However, we find no evidence that oil wealth lowers female … labor force participation or has any impact on local marriage and fertility patterns. While our results are consistent with …

Gender inequality is an acute and persistent problem, especially in developing countries. This paper argues that gender … discrimination is an inefficient practice. We model gender discrimination as the complete exclusion of females from the labor market …