We study the mechanisms that are associated with the gender education gap and its reversal in Germany. We focus on … family background nor labor market characteristics appear to be strongly associated with the gender education gap. There is … some evidence that the gender gap in upper secondary education reflects the rising share of single parent households which …

This paper estimates the gender wage gap and its composition in China's urban labor market using the 2009 survey data … from the Chinese Family Panel Studies. Several estimation and decomposition methods have been used and compared. First, we … examine the gender wage gap using ordinary least square regression method with a gender dummy variable. Then, we apply Oaxaca …

birth-related employment interruptions. The reform yields most of the intended effects …

employment probation. This study empirically tests at the example of absence behavior, whether such behavioral responses to the … probation periods: Once individuals enter into regular employment and employment probation is completed, the probability of work …

semiparametric discrete factor procedure separately for men and women. Approximating a dynamic optimization model, the estimation …

Since the early 1990s, the employment structure of organised manufacturing industries in India has undergone …

. This study applies recent panel data and estimation approaches that control for hitherto neglected biases. We compare the …