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 analyze changes in the gender structure at the top of the earnings distribution in the United States over the last … changes in industry and age composition to the change in the gender composition of top earners. A large proportion of the … gender gaps over the life cycle, and gender differences among lifetime top earners …

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 …

Empirical research on gender pay gaps has traditionally focused on the role of gender-specific factors, particularly … gender differences in qualifications and differences in the treatment of otherwise equally qualified male and female workers … (i.e., labor market discrimination). This paper explores the determinants of the gender pay gap and argues for the …

This paper uses micro-data to analyze international differences in the gender pay gap among a sample of ten … industrialized countries. Empirical research on gender pay gaps has traditionally focused on the role of gender-specific factors …, particularly gender differences in qualifications and differences in the treatment of otherwise equally qualified male and female …

Dynamics (LEHD) data to analyze how much of the increase in the gender earnings gap over the lifecycle comes from shifts in the … earnings growth within establishment by gender. The between component is also important. Differential mobility between … establishments by gender can explain 27 percent of the widening of the pay gap for this group. For those with no college, the …

favorably than equally performing men. This gender gap in self-promotion is notably persistent. It stays just as strong when we …: eliminate gender differences in confidence about performance, eliminate incentives to self-promote, provide information about …-promotion opportunities, this self-promotion gap may contribute to persistent gender gaps in education and labor market outcomes …

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