In the UK the gender pay gap on entry to the labour market is approximately zero but after ten years after labour … market entry, there is a gender wage gap of almost 25 log points. This paper explores the reason for this gender gap in early …

In Finland the gender wage gap increases significantly during the first 10 years after labor market entry accounting … most of the life-time increase in the gender wage gap. This paper focuses on the early career gender wage differences among … university graduates and considers several explanations for the gender wage gap based on the human capital theory, job mobility …

fertility. En passant, we probe a subject of much confusion - the relation between fertility decline and gender bias. …

A large proportion of the gender wage gap is usually left unexplained. In this paper, we investigate whether the … and less career-oriented than men. The main difference concerns career break expectations which explains 10% of the gender … component of the gender wage gap. Women with a more traditional view concerning childrearing are also found to have less …

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 …