Using harmonized household survey data, we analyse long run social mobility in the US, the UK, and Germany and test …

in working hours across countries. In this paper I test whether public programmes for family support play a role in … explaining this variation. I analyse two types of policies: childcare subsidies and family cash benefits. I distinguish between … and the US. Empirical analysis, however, does not support the family-policy explanation. The effects of the policies on …

This paper analyses the extent to which gender differences in human capital contribute to explaining the observable … private sector. Based on a simple analytical framework, the analysis shows that if a large part of the gender wage gap can be … female human capital is less valued in terms of wages. The gender wage gap narrowing stems mainly from a reduction in gender …

degree of mobility across genders, with a higher mobility level for daughters than for sons. The reason for this gender gap … education of their most educated parent, regardless of their gender and this correlation is higher for female than for male … occupation levels and individual characteristics (race, locality of residence and year of birth) also have a statistically …

-educated parents. Interestingly, in most countries the gender gap diminishes because for men the projected decrease in secondary school …