Background In many OECD countries, the gender differences in physicians’ pay favour male doctors. Due to the … income gap between males and females general practitioners (GPs). This paper focuses on the role of gender medical practices …-practice GPs, we measured an average gender income gap of approximately 26% in favour of men. Using the decomposition method, we …

(−13 %), the QR results emphasized a private activity gender gap that increased significantly in the upper tail of the … distribution. We also find gender differences in the private activity determinants, including family structure, practice …

international licensing agreements developed with the French Patent office (INPI). As a main result, we highlight a stronger …

To protect intellectual property (IP), organizations use different kinds of mechanisms such as patent, secret or trade … secret (Hannah, 2005; 2007). Patent grants to the holder a temporary monopoly position including the right to sue for … in the industry and that the firm makes an effort to protect” (Fosfuri and Rønde, 2004: 46). Unlike patent relies on …

. The second measures the extent of the gender performance gap among informal entrepreneurs and explores the existence of … gender-differentiated effects of sharing norms and the allocation of tasks within the household on the technical efficiency …

gender performance gap. After controlling for business and entrepreneur characteristics, female-owned businesses exhibit a …-employment raises the gap by 5 percentage points. We then investigate the role of sharing norms and gender-differentiated allocation of … time within the household in the gender performance gap, by estimating their effect on the technical inefficiency of female …

, and at times voluntary work. The participants’ reactions to JOBS reveal negotiations of identity that depend on gender …