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In many countries there is a considerable gender gap in enrolment for a bachelor's degree in Economics, arguably an …
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We investigate differences in gender wage gaps between foreign-owned and domestically-owned firms in Poland, a country … show that according to standard estimates of adjusted gender wage gaps, these differences are much larger in the foreign …-owned firms have considerably higher levels of gender segregation, and because the OLS estimates of the adjusted gender wage gaps …
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unequal gender norms in local labor markets create an equity-efficiency trade-off inside the firm, particularly in low …-income countries with conservative gender norms. …
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and we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their …
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In this paper, we estimate the returns on schooling for young men and women in Turkey using the exogenous and substantial variation in schooling across birth-cohorts brought about by the 1997 reform of compulsory schooling. We estimate that among 18- to 26-year-olds, the return from an extra...
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It is an established fact that gay men earn less than other men and lesbian women earn more than other women. In this paper we study whether differences in competitive preferences, which have emerged as a likely determinant of labour market differences between men and women, can provide a...
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We study the earnings of transsexuals using Dutch administrative labor force data. First, we compare transsexuals to other women and men, and find that transsexuals earn more than women and less than men. Second, we compare transsexuals before and after transition using worker fixed effects...
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differences in achievement into gender differences in endowments and returns to IQ and non-cognitive factors. This descriptive … resources and take similar advantage of these resources. Our findings indicate that gender differences in resources with respect …
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lower wages for women, relatively higher productivity for part-timers). Interactions between gender and part-time suggest …
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