We ran a field experiment to investigate whether individual performance in teams depends on the gender of the leader … work of the team. We find a positive and significant effect of female leadership on team performance. This effect is driven …

are now looking at the impact of self-reported personality traits on gender differences in career chances and compare … personality traits, multivariate estimations and the decomposition of the gender career gap clearly indicate that these … differences cannot account for gender differences in career opportunities. The decomposition shows that only 8.6 percent of the …

Although male employees are increasingly making use of parental leave, gender differences in both usage and duration of … parental leave are still prevalent. In this contribution, we explore the role of gender for the relation between the incidence …

This study examines gender differences in risk-taking behavior among managers in a female-dominated industry. Using …-taking than female coaches on average. We also find a U-shaped age effect that is independent of gender, meaning that young and … previous studies on gender differences in risk preferences, and thereby emphasize the importance of considering the industrial …

on the probability of employment in many, though not all, occupations in ways that differ by gender. Consequently, men … gender wage gap that is unexplained …

This paper considers the role of gender in the promotion process and the impact of promotion on wages and wage growth …, using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79). Its focus is upon mid-career promotion and wages … attention to the role of unionism and the public sector. It is reported that mid-career females are more likely than males to be …

We examine gender gaps in career dynamics in the legal sector using rich panel data from one of the largest global law … sample includes countries at different stages of development. We document the cross-country variation in gender gaps and how … these gaps have changed over time. We show that while there is gender parity at the entry level in most countries by the end …

managing, career aspirations as an early intervention to close gender career gaps … characteristics. This aspiration gap can explain a large part of the gender promotion gap that is observed later. We propose a model … show that aspirations are affected by early work experiences – facing harassment or demeaning comments early in the career …

We explore the impact of mentoring of females and gender segregation on wages using a large longitudinal data set for …

(INPS) to investigate gender differences in pay during the initial stages of a worker's career. We find that a significant … gender differences are highest when workers move across firms. In particular, we find that the most significant gender gap in … growth and result in the highest salary increases. Moreover, this gender mobility penalty occurs mainly when workers move to …