examines how it affected women's education and labor choices. We present empirical evidence based on GSS data that favors our …

The comovement between gender gaps in hours and wages across countries and skills reveals the presence of net demand … forces shaping gender differences in labor market outcomes. This paper links the rich pattern of variation in gender gaps to … gender bias in labor demand can be decomposed into measurable within- and between-industry components. Using comparable micro …

Women in developed economies have made major inroads in labor markets throughout the past century, but remaining gender … gender convergence, and novel perspectives on remaining gender gaps. The paper finally emphasizes the interplay between … gender trends and the evolution of the industry structure. Based on a shift-share decomposition, it shows that the growth in …

at aiding families. The outcomes of interest are female employment, gender gaps in earnings and fertility. We begin with … gender outcomes. Most estimates of the impact of parental leave entitlement on female labor market outcomes range from … negligible to weakly positive. The verdict is far more positive for the beneficial impact of spending on early education and …

impact, moreover, was experienced primarily by women in the top half of the education distribution. Women who were married …

The gender wage gap varies widely across countries and across skill groups within countries. Interestingly, there is a … positive cross-country correlation between the unskilled-to-skilled gender wage gap and the corresponding gap in hours worked … shaping gender differences in labor market outcomes across skills and countries. We use a simple multi-sector framework to …

participation in the labor force, thus providing the incentive to invest in market skills, potentially narrowing gender earnings …