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Using a rich and comparable micro-data set, we analyse international differences in gender pay gaps in the private … sector for a sample of five European economies: Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy and Spain. Using different methods, we … gender differentials. However, the magnitude of their effects varies across countries. …
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While the informal sector has received widespread attention in academic and policy arenas in recent decades, knowledge gaps and controversies remain. First, while the evidence is starting to emerge, there is still more to learn about the formal-informal sector earnings gap of the former...
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Occupational differences by gender remain a common feature of labor markets. We begin by documenting recent trends in … that emphasize the role of gender differences in psychological traits, preferences for non-pecuniary (family-friendly) job …'s occupational choices and the gender wage gap. Finally, we consider the role of gender identity and social norms in shaping …
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effect is that initially routine-intensive local labor markets experienced greater occupational gender integration. College …
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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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The objective of the study is to investigate the changing role of explanatory factors of wealth and the gender wealth … role of permanent income is decreasing due to a reduction in the gender difference in permanent income and in gender …
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I examine the incidence and determinants of the gender income gap in Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Serbia, Tajikistan … substantively large gender income gap (favoring males) in all six countries; (2) some evidence of a gender-related glass ceiling in … decreasing the gender income gap in these former formally gender neutral economies - notably through attention towards the …
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occupations in which they are employed. -- non-cognitive skills ; occupation ; youth ; gender …
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We estimate the relationship between wages and occupational gender segregation in Sweden. Because of high wage equality … supports this hypothesis. We also investigate how the unexplained gender wage gap vary across occupations and find that this …
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This paper updates the major study by Macpherson and Hirsch (1995) of the effect of the gender composition of … of the gender wage gap. An updated longitudinal analysis using the CPS data is also provided. This examination of two … advantage of offering a longer panel. Analysis of the former suggests the reduction in gender composition effects observed for …
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