in Germany. To explain the gender gap, a structural microeconometric model of the transition rates is estimated, which …-employment and dependent employment are estimated separately by gender, accounting for non-random selection into the employment … states. The gender differential in the transition rates is decomposed using a novel extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca technique …

In this paper, we focus on network- and gender-specific determinants of remittances, which are often explained … and the network structure in the home country both play important roles in explaining remittances. -- Remittances ; gender …

of risk preferences across investors. Estimation results provide no evidence of gender differences in investors' risk …This study investigates the role of gender in financial risk-taking. Specifically, I ask whether female investors tend … expected return and its standard deviation, whereas standard deviation serves as a measure of risk. Gender differences …

The gender wage gap is a persistent labor market phenomenon. Most research focuses on the determinants of these wage … (labor supply) of the wage gap? We demonstrate how the gender gap in gross hourly wages shows up in the distribution of …-benefit system and other sources of household income. We present a methodological framework for deriving the gender wage gap in terms …

models this result generally holds. Furthermore, we find evidence for gender specific differences with respect to the effects …

This paper aims to verify results of the innovative study on gender identity for the USA by Bertrand et al. (2015) for … violate traditional gender identity norms. Using data from the German Socio-economic Panel Study (SOEP) we also find that the … exceeds the husband’s income. The results of the fixed effects regression confirm that gender identity has an impact on the …