Using linked employer-employee data from Brazil, we document a large gender pay gap due to women working at lower … suggests that amenities are important for both men and women, that compensating differentials explain half of the gender pay … gap, and that there are significant output and welfare gains from eliminating gender differences. However, equal …

This paper studies the interaction between the decrease in the gender pay gap and the stagnation in the careers of … gender pay gap. The whole decline in the gap originates from (i) newer worker cohorts who enter the labor market with smaller …-than-average gender pay gaps and (ii) older worker cohorts who exit with higher-than-average gender pay gaps. As predicted by the model …

per year. In the decades since, the rate of gender wage convergence has stalled to less than one-third of its previous … value. An outstanding puzzle in economics is "why did gender wage convergence in the US stall?" Using an event study design … explain 94% of the reduction in the rate of gender wage convergence that is unaccounted for after controlling for changes in …

state and federal minimum wage policies on gender, race, and ethnic inequality throughout the wage distribution, focusing on … gender, racial, and ethnic inequality in the present day …

illustrate IDDA's relevance for understanding income inequality trends. First, we extend Bayer and Charles (2018) beyond earnings … gaps between Black and White men and document that, unlike those for other groups, earnings for both Black men and Black … women fell behind earnings for White men following the Great Recession. This trend lasted through 2019, the end of the data …

on several economically-important beliefs and preferences. Among many results, non-binary individuals report more gender …-based discrimination and express different career and life aspirations, including less desire for children. Anti-non-binary sentiment is …

We review research on the dynamics and distribution of individual earnings and family income. We start with univariate … earnings models, which dominate the literature and are often used as the exogenous component of family income in structural … model parameters. The recent work provides a much richer description of the nature of earnings volatility than the basic …

We assess the role of information gaps in understanding gender differences in negotiation behavior by conducting a …. Prior to starting their job search, treated students were provided with objective information about the gender gap in … negotiation among their peers along with the earnings changes conditional on negotiating. We find sizable immediate effects on …

industrialized countries continued to rise. I discuss the role of changes in the earnings structure and persistent institutional …

apply our methods to examine gender differences in preference for winner-take-all compensation schemes. We find that what … has commonly been attributed to a gender difference in preference for performing in a competition is instead explained by …