transfer (SET) mandate implemented in Sweden in 2003, following which the share of twin births showed a precipitous drop of 70 …

Previous studies on gender wage discrimination have relied on OLS when estimating the wage equations. However, there … estimates for a number of reasons. Consequently, if we neglect this potential bias in OLS when estimating the gender wage gap … find overwhelming evidence that OLS seriously overestimate the unexplained gender wage gap. …

This paper explores the consequences of the under-representation of women in top jobs for the overall gender pay gap …. Using administrative annual earnings data from Canada, Sweden, and the United Kingdom, it applies the approach used in the … analysis of earnings inequality in top incomes, as well as reweighting techniques, to the analysis of the gender pay gap. The …

gender wage gaps among Regular Wage/Salaried (RWS) workers in India, both at the mean, as well as along the entire wage … distribution to see "what happens where". The gender log wage gap at the mean is 55 percent in 1999-2000 and 49 percent in 2009 … that, in both years, the bulk of the gender wage gap is unexplained, i.e. possibly discriminatory. They also reveal that …

The gender wage gap varies across countries. For example, among OECD nations women in Australia, Belgium, Italy and … Sweden earn 80% as much as males, whereas in Austria, Canada and Japan women earn about 60%. Current studies examining cross … important in gender wage gap studies that employ individual data. This paper explicitly concentrates on labor market …

and we present new evidence that a UK academic diversity programme (Athena Swan) has narrowed the gender pay gap at a …

We show that controlling for subject of degree explains a significant part of the male/female gender wage differential …) of the overall male/female gender wage gap, and an even larger amount of the part explained by factors entered into wage …

empirical strategy exploits differences in market structure across industries to identify the impact of trade on the gender wage … from increased trade should lead to a reduction in the gender wage gap. We compare the change in the residual gender wage … changes in the gender wage gap that are unrelated to competitive pressures. We find that increased competition through trade …