Ichino and Moretti (2009) find that menstruation may contribute to gender gaps in absenteeism and earnings, based on …

gender differential …

administrative data from Germany, we analyze 34,000 unexpected worker deaths, which, on average, raise the remaining workers' wages …

for women is scarce. Using administrative data from Germany, we apply an event study design in combination with propensity … gender of the job loser. Finally, we document that parenthood magnifies the gender gap sharply: while fathers of young …

We provide a comprehensive analysis of income inequality and income dynamics for Germany over the last two decades … distribution of annual earnings in Germany. We find that cross-sectional inequality rose until 2009 for men and women. After the … lower tail. We further document substantial gender differences in average earnings and inequality over the life-cycle. While …

wage inequality along the dimension of skill, it diminishes the wage inequality associated with both gender and nationality …

The closing of the gender wage gap is an ongoing phenomenon in industrialized countries. However, research has been … women to that of men. In this study, we use a new approach for analyzing changes in the gender pay gap that uses direct …. Using data from West Germany, we find that women have witnessed relative increases in non-routine analytic tasks and non …

This paper examines gender differences in labor market outcomes for hard-to-employ youth in the US and West Germany … evidence that the large public sector in Germany in effect functions as an employer of last resort, absorbing some otherwise …