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 …

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 …

in Brazilian manufacturing exceed those of the other countries, while occupation differentials are similar. The gender …

paper, therefore, we illustrate the estimation challenges when migrations are temporary. As in an overwhelming share of the … problem becomes inherently dynamic and requires a more structural approach to estimation, which we briefly discuss …