and gender differences began to vary greatly across these countries. We provide the first systematic analysis of the … determinants of the gender unemployment gap in the Czech Republic using a method that decomposes unemployment rates into transition … further examine the flows in the Czech Republic by estimating gender-specific multinomial logit models to learn which factors …

-headed microenterprises, particularly those with a higher baseline level of profits, to close the gender profit gap in performance and skills …

differential economic and social outcomes between the genders. Here, we present a global investigation of gender differences in six … to take risks, patience, altruism, positive and negative reciprocity as well as trust. Gender differences in preferences … were positively related to economic development and gender equality. This suggests that greater availability of and equal …

-skilled production and service workers in China, 72 percent of ads specified a preferred gender, and 77 percent listed both a minimum and … maximum age. We also document a new stylized fact we call the age twist in gender profiling: firms' explicit gender requests …

This study explores how both gender and facial attractiveness affect job candidates' chances of obtaining interviews in … China's dynamic Internet job board labor market. It examines how discrimination based on these attributes varies over …

poverty will enhance well-being in China, policies that reduce rural-urban and gender inequalities are also likely to boost …-being in China over the period 2005-2010 during which self-reported happiness scores show an increase across all income groups …. Ordered probit regression analysis of well-being reveals large influence of gender, rural residency and household income …

label 'culture', change individuals' preferences and behaviour in mainland China. From 1949 China experienced dramatic … norms, including the promotion of gender equality in place of the Confucian view of female 'inferiority'. Market …-oriented reforms, begun in 1978, helped China achieve unprecedented economic growth and at the same time Marxist ideology was gradually …

We study how the migration decision of young women in rural China is shaped by the return arrangement and opportunities …

left behind, distinguishing between the gender of the migrant children. To overcome migration endogeneity, we exploit novel … sons migrate. We further explore the mechanism through which this gender-biased migration effect may arise. Our findings …

decades and relying on plausibly exogenous variation in weather, we estimate how extreme temperatures affect time use in China …