Do gender disparities in academia reflect that female scholars are held to higher standards than males? We address this … makes the same career step. In most domains, this reflects a gender gap for "marginal" scholars, consistent with lower merit …

show that 75 percent of the effect of the birth of a first child on the overall gender gap in employment is accounted for … by gender disparities in non-local employment, with mothers being more likely to give up non-local employment compared to …We study the effect of childbirth on local and non-local employment dynamics for both men and women using Belgian …

labor and tackle the gender employment gap, but they are not sufficient for reducing the gender pay gap. … that the payroll tax cut generates long-lasting growth in female employment, reduces the time spent on welfare, and spurs … business growth, without crowding out male employment. By contrast, the tax cut does not raise net wages, suggesting that tax …

This paper establishes the presence of a substantial gender gap in the relationship between state legislature service … and the subsequent pursuit of a Congressional career. The empirical approach uses a sample of mixed-gender elections to … legislature seats. This gender gap in advancing to Congress among state legislators is not generated by gender differences in …

Gender differences in overconfidence have been extensively documented in the empirical literature, but the implications …, combined with competitive job incentives, affects gender equality in the labor market and discuss policy implications. The …

This study experimentally investigates gender quotas in light of peer review. We investigate competitions with and … without gender quotas and a peer review process that allows for sabotage. Our findings show that the possibility of peer … sabotage renders the gender quota ineffective in encouraging women to enter tournaments and reversing gender pay gaps. Moreover …

and find that a ten-percentage-point increase in the initial conational share lowers employment rates by 3.1 percentage … effect on wages conditional on employment. The employment effect appears to be due to the effect of differences in the …