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 …

characteristics. This aspiration gap can explain a large part of the gender promotion gap that is observed later. We propose a model … managing, career aspirations as an early intervention to close gender career gaps …

unobserved individual characteristics. Independent of their sources, our results suggest clear gender differences in the …

This paper estimates gender differences in access to informal information regarding the labor market. We conduct a …/life balance relative to male students. This gender difference persists when students disclose that they are concerned about work … students' preferences for professionals and find that gender differences in information provision would remain if students …

compete is a predictor of individual and gender differences in career decisions and labor market outcomes. However, most … more than 1500 Swiss lower-secondary school students to ask how the gender gap in willingness to compete varies with …. The gender gap in willingness to compete is essentially zero among the lowest-ability students, but increases steadily …

This paper establishes the presence of a substantial gender gap in the relationship between state legislature service … and the subsequent pursuit of a Congressional career. The empirical approach uses a sample of mixed-gender elections to … legislature seats. This gender gap in advancing to Congress among state legislators is not generated by gender differences in …

progression by gender. Using the panel data collected by the MORE project (Mobility Survey of the Higher Education Sector) - a …

gender when these choices are taken. Our results corroborate the hypothesis that teacher gender matters in this regard, and … boys when having a same-sex teacher in this subject in grade 10, teacher gender matters only for girls with respect to …

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 …