We examine the gender legacy of past institutions by comparing Italian municipalities located in a narrow band across … once governed by the Papacy have lower female labor market participation and employment than their counterparts in Tuscany …

This paper employs an online real-effort experiment to investigate gender disparities in the selection of individuals … of AI assistance. Surprisingly, the introduction of AI eliminates an 11-percentage-point gender gap, between men and … women in our competitive scenario. We also discuss how the gender gap in tournament entry appears to be contingent on …

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 changes in the gender gap in hours worked. Our results are robust using …

, and whether these effects differ by gender. Using detailed students' data from an Italian university, combined with … students who acquire citizenship, particularly among males, leading to a reduction in gender gaps. Moreover, gender gaps are … smaller and show a more pronounced decrease with citizenship as gender inequality in countries increases. Results are …

in reducing gender gap in employment. …

of the sexual and gender gap in political leadership ambition: women's and homosexuals' higher aversion to engage to … gender behavioral differences, stemming from differences in underlying psychological abilities and differences due to the …' interest, hence significantly increasing the gender and sexual gap in leadership ambition. While on the online experiment the …

show that 75 percent of the effect of the birth of a first child on the overall gender gap in employment is accounted for … by gender disparities in non-local employment, with mothers being more likely to give up non-local employment compared to … fathers. This gender specialisation is mostly driven by opposing job location responses of men and women to individual …

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, labor market participation, working hours and wage rate, while fathers … work in the formal sector. Moreover, social norms towards gender roles lead mothers to devote more time to housework and …

We examine the gender wealth gap with a focus on pension wealth and statutory pension rights. By taking into account … rights reduces the gender wealth gap. The data for our analysis come from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), one of the … available in the SOEP for 2012 only. While the relative raw gender wealth gap is about 35% (or 31,000 euros) when analysing the …

While education and labor force participation of women have been increased, there is still a substantial gender gap in … and gender equality. We address this question by examining the influence of works councils on the gender policies of …