We consider the gender pay gap in the United States. Both gender-specific factors, including gender differences in …, importantly influence the gender pay gap. Declining gender differentials in the U.S., and the more rapid closing of the gender pay … gap in the U.S. than elsewhere, appear to be primarily due to gender-specific factors. However, the relatively large …

The relationship between occupational gender composition and wages is the basis of pay equity/comparable worth … occupational gender segregation in Canada and its consequences for wages. The sample period precedes many provincial pay equity … heterogeneity across worker groups on average, the link between female wages and gender composition is small and not statistically …

's impact on the labor market. Another notable finding is the central role of telecommuting: gender gaps in the employment … telecommuters a different kind of gender gap arises: women working from home during the pandemic spent more work time also doing … childcare and experienced greater productivity reductions than men. We discuss what our findings imply for gender equality in a …

mechanism for promoting diversity. We show that representation, on its own, is not sufficient for selecting gender diversity: a …

This paper investigates the link between gender and crime using information from a gender-based lockdown policy in … other cities and, within Bogota, the gender-based lockdown period to weeks with other lockdown policies. Our key findings … are that crime rates are higher during the gender-based lockdown policy and that this is driven by more crime involving …

In spring 2005, Austria launched a campaign to inform employers and newspapers that gender preferences in job … advertisements were illegal. At the time over 40% of openings on the nation's largest job-board specified a preferred gender. Over … how the elimination of gender preferences affected hiring and job outcomes. Prior to the campaign, most stated preferences …

Democratic CEOs associated with a significant reduction (or even disappearance) of the gender gap in the level and performance …

gender of the job loser. Finally, we document that parenthood magnifies the gender gap sharply: while fathers of young …