effect is that initially routine-intensive local labor markets experienced greater occupational gender integration. College …

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 … substantial fraction of the closing of the gender wage gap. Our evidence suggests that these task changes are driven, at least in …

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 …

significant gender differences in willingness to participate under competition. Among those in STEM fields, we detect no … statistical gender differences. These results and broader patterns documented in the study are consistent with significant … heterogeneity in competitiveness across both men and women, with field and career sorting resulting in differences (in gender …

-effects estimation exploiting within-country between-subject variation in teacher skills. A series of robustness and placebo tests …

science and mathematics. One major class of explanations for these gaps involves the gender-based interactions between … matter is limited and contradictory. In this study, I present new empirical evidence on whether assignment to a same-gender … these data indicate that assignment to a same-gender teacher significantly improves the achievement of both girls and boys …

a larger gender wage gap. In the data women with children allocate more time to household care and are penalized by … missing work during peak hours. An equilibrium model with these key elements generates a gender wage gap of 6.6 percent or … equalized across occupations and set to a relatively low value (i.e. Health care support), the gender gap would fall by more …

. Evidence supports that this is a causal effect of the post-natal environment; family disadvantage is unrelated to the gender … gap in neonatal health. We conclude that the gender gap among black children is larger than among white children in …

In this paper, we exploit new data to assess gender differences in pre-labor market specialization among the college … educated and highlight how those differences have evolved over time. We highlight new results pertaining to gender differences … indices in potential wage space that measure gender differences in major choice and separately the subsequent occupational …