representative sample of individuals. The results show that men and women experience a considerable increase in risk aversion which …

inequality among women increased less strongly compared to regions with smaller increases. This is primarily driven by the lower …

, ranging from 17.8 percent for childless women to 68.0 percent for women with three or more children. However, using a … the gender gap in annual earnings is largely driven by women's lower work experience and intensive margin of labor supply … cohorts 1964-1972. We show that this unadjusted gender lifetime earnings gap increases strongly with the number of children …

This paper explores inequalities in IQ and economic preferences between children from high and low socio …-economic status (SES) families. We document that children from high SES families are more intelligent, patient and altruistic, as well …

for politicians. We exploit variation in sex ratios - the number of men divided by the number of women in a region … - across Germany induced by WWII. In the 1990 elections, women were more likely to run for office in constituencies that had … election. These results suggest that while women were more likely to run for a seat in parliament in constituencies with lower …

We use German administrative and survey data to investigate the heterogeneity of part-time penalties in hourly wages …

We use German administrative and survey data to investigate the heterogeneity of parttime penalties in hourly wages and …

-skilled workers with wages just above the minimum wage, but negative effects for high-skilled top earners in East Germany, where the …

incentives to increase the time spent working can be well complemented by policies which ensure that experienced young women are …