Using PSID microdata over the 1980-2010, we provide new empirical evidence on the extent of and trends in the gender … explained little of the gender wage gap, while gender differences in occupation and industry continued to be important. Moreover …, the gender pay gap declined much more slowly at the top of the wage distribution that at the middle or the bottom and by …

We empirically test the relationship between hiring discrimination and labour market tightness at the level of the …

sustaining discrimination. In contrast to standard models, the existence of employers with a taste for discrimination may make it …

Despite the increased attachment of women to the labour force in nearly all developed countries, a stubborn gender pay … gap remains. This chapter provides a review of the economics literature on the gender wage gap, with an emphasis on … developed countries. We begin with an overview of the trends in the gender differences in wages and employment rates. We then …

In many countries there is a considerable gender gap in enrolment for a bachelor's degree in Economics, arguably an …

We investigate the determinants and extent of labor market discrimination toward people with physical disabilities … using a large scale field experiment. Applications were randomly sent to 1477 private firms advertising open positions. We …

We examine behavioral gender differences and gender pairing effects in a laboratory experiment with face … than female employers pay to male employees. Moreover, we find gender differences in the first offers of the bargaining …

We study the effect of likability on female and male team behavior in a lab experiment. Extending a two-player public … on gender differences in labor market outcomes: mutual dislikability impedes team behavior, except in all-male teams …

promotion system for French academics to look at women’s attitudes towards competition in an actual labour market. Using data … for academic economists over the period 1991-2008 we find that, conditional on entering the competition, there is no … difference in promotions across the genders, which is difficult to reconcile with either discrimination or a poorer performance …