evidence suggest that it may be problematic for women to reach a white-collar high skill job, also in the more protected public … periods of up to 20 years (for Egypt), we examine the evolution of the glass ceiling problem for women resorting to the … matching approach, which, to our knowledge, has never been used in this field. Instead of looking at the gender gap along the …

differential economic and social outcomes between the genders. Here, we present a global investigation of gender differences in six … to take risks, patience, altruism, positive and negative reciprocity as well as trust. Gender differences in preferences … were positively related to economic development and gender equality. This suggests that greater availability of and equal …

We study the relevance of gender norms in accounting for the incidence and intensity of domestic violence. We use data … for 28 European countries from the 2012 EU survey on violence against women, and focus on first- and second …-generation immigrant women. We find that, after controlling for country-of-residence fixed effects, as well as demographic characteristics …

I examine how one central aspect of the childhood family environment – sibling gender composition – affects women …'s gender conformity, measured through their choice of occupation and partner. Using Danish administrative data, I causally … estimate the effect of having a second-born brother relative to a sister for first-born women. The results show that women with …

women. In a standard decomposition, gender differences in applications can explain more than 70 percent of the residual …Men and women tend to hold different jobs. Are these differences present already in the types of jobs men and women … on gender differences in applied-for jobs for the broader labor market. Across a range of job characteristics, we find …

Son preference is widespread in a number of developing countries. Anecdotal evidence suggests that women may contribute …

We analyze individual career transitions of men and women in Germany. Our particular focus is on the association of … women, and a positive significant association of the hazard of parenthood with upward career transitions for men. These … unobserved individual characteristics. Independent of their sources, our results suggest clear gender differences in the …

we find a raw gender wage gap (GWG) in hourly wages of around 0.18-0.21 log points. The regression-adjusted gap is around … closes because women's wages rise with the share female managers in the workplace while men's wages fall. Panel and … proposition that women are more likely to be paid equitably when managers have discretion in the way they reward performance and …

.4% standard deviation. Our measure of non-traditional gender norms is the share of women who disagree with the statement "men … variation in the share of individuals with non-traditional gender norms across birth-cohorts, survey year, education, and … associated with an increase in Japanese women's decision to work by 0.016 percentage points, the equivalent of an increase of 3 …

This paper uses unique firm-level panel data from Japan and provides new evidence on the possible impact on gender … (WLB) practices that are developed in part to enhance gender equality as well as performance-related pay (PRP) that is one … effect on the share of women in the firm's core labor force and the proportion of female directors. However, transition …