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Gender differences in time allocation contribute to differences in developmental outcomes in children and adolescents
Nguyen, Ha Trong; Brinkman, Sally; Le, Huong Thu; … - 2022
Using over 50 thousand time-use diaries from two cohorts of children, we document significant gender differences in time allocation in the first 16 years in life. Relative to males, females spend more time on personal care, chores and educational activities and less time on physical and media...
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Job Location Decisions and the Effect of Children on the Employment Gender Gap
Albanese, Andrea; Nieto, Adrián; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2022
We study the effect of childbirth on local and non-local employment dynamics for both men and women using Belgian social security and geo-location data. Applying an eventstudy design that accounts for treatment effect heterogeneity, we show that 75 percent of the effect of the birth of a first...
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The Motherhood Penalty in China: Having A Child Increases Gender Inequality in the Labor Market
Zhang, Mingxue; Hou, Lingling; Wang, Yue - 2022
Using a comprehensive individual panel dataset in China and an event study method, we examined the effects of having a child on gender inequality from the perspectives of labor market outcomes and its mechanisms. Results show that becoming a mother implies a sharp decline in labor earnings,...
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Should we cheer together? Gender differences in instantaneous well-being during joint and solo activities: An application to COVID-19 lockdowns
Giménez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; … - 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has confined millions in their homes, representing an unprecedented case for spending more time together with family members. This is a challenge for households, given that more time with the partner or children may not necessarily translate into increased well-being. This...
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The effect of COVID-19 on the gender gap in remote work
Marcén, Miriam; Morales, Marina - 2024
We examine changes in the gender gap in working from home (WFH) in response to the unanticipated first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using data from the American Time Use Survey, we find a non-negligible widening of the gender gap with WFH being more prevalent among women than among men....
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Does gender of firm ownership matter? Female entrepreneurs and the gender pay gap
Kritikos, Alexander S.; Maliranta, Mika; Nippala, Veera; … - 2024
We examine how the gender of business-owners is related to the wages paid to female relative to male employees working in their firms. Using Finnish register data and employing firm fixed effects, we find that the gender pay gap is - starting from a gender pay gap of 11 to 12 percent - two to...
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How many correspondence tests are enough to detect discrimination among single agents? A longitudinal study on the Belgian real estate market
Verhaeghe, Pieter-Paul; Van der Bracht, Koen - 2020
Correspondence tests have been used by scholars and civil rights organizations to measure ethnic discrimination. In … contrast to research testing covering a whole market through many discrimination tests, litigation testing typically targets a … methodological challenges to disentangle systematic discrimination from random treatment. This study examines from a purely …
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Occupational Licensing and the Gender Wage Gap
Koumenta, Maria; Pagliero, Mario; Rostam-Afschar, Davud - 2020
We use a unique survey of the EU labor force to investigate the relationship between occupational licensing and the gender wage gap. We find that the gender wage gap is canceled for licensed self-employed workers. However, this closure of the gender wage gap is not mirrored by significant...
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The Long-Term Effect of FIFA World Cup on Gender Gap in Education and Employment: Evidence from Vietnam
Nguyen, Cuong Viet; Tran, Anh Ngoc - 2021
The FIFA Soccer World Cups often happen within one month just before the national entrance exam to universities and colleges in Vietnam. Watching soccer matches can distract male students from their studies and reduce their probability to pass the exam. We find that Vietnamese men who had the...
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The #MeToo Movement and Judges' Gender Gap in Decisions
Cai, Xiqian; Chen, Shuai; Cheng, Zhengquan - 2024
Gender inequality and discrimination still persist, even though the gender gap in the labor market has been gradually …
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