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difference-in-discontinuities design, I then show that the gender gap in the probability of being elected has long …-lasting effects on career trajectories. Women are substantially less likely than men to win future elections and to climb the …
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This paper estimates gender differences in access to informal information regarding the labor market. We conduct a … career paths, and we randomize whether a professional receives a message from a male or a female student. We focus the … experimental design and analysis on two career attributes that prior research has shown to differentially affect the labor market …
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We examine gender gaps in career dynamics in the legal sector using rich panel data from one of the largest global law … sample includes countries at different stages of development. We document the cross-country variation in gender gaps and how … these gaps have changed over time. We show that while there is gender parity at the entry level in most countries by the end …
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and the subsequent pursuit of a Congressional career. The empirical approach uses a sample of mixed-gender elections to … several explanations, we conclude that the gender gap in political career progression is consistent with the existence of a …This paper establishes the presence of a substantial gender gap in the relationship between state legislature service …
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We propose a management career model where females face a gender-specific career hurdle. We show that female managers … abstain from investing in a career as a manager. The average female manager will then be better at mitigating more intense …
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We propose a management career model where females face a gender-specific career hurdle. We show that female managers … abstain from investing in a career as a manager. The average female manager will then be better at mitigating more intense …
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I model the strategic interaction between scientists aiming for promotion and a research institution that seeks a highly productive faculty by setting a maternity allowance in the form of a minimum promotion standard. The model shows that maternity allowances need not derive from moral justice...
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This paper documents earnings dynamics over the life-cycle and income level using a large administrative database from German tax records. I find that labor earnings display important deviations from the typical assumptions of linearity and normality. For the bottom earners, large income changes...
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that climbing the career ladder toward jobs characterized by more responsibility, complexity, and autonomy accounts for the … largest part of life cycle wage dynamics. It accounts for 50% of average wage growth, 50% of rising differences between gender …, and virtually all of rising dispersion within gender over the life cycle …
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This paper investigates the effects of technological and organizational change (T&O) on jobs and workers. We show that although T&O reduces firm demand for routine relative to abstract task-based jobs, affected workers do not face higher probability of non-employment or lower earnings growth...
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