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How the Human Capital Model Explains Why the Gender Wage Gap Narrowed
Polachek, Solomon W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
a smaller gender wage gap as male-female lifetime work expectations become more similar. The model explains why relative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822883
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Reversal of Gender Gaps in Child Development: Evidence from Young Children in India
López Bóo, Florencia; Canon, Maria Eugenia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper provides unique evidence of a reversal of gender gaps in cognitive development in early childhood. We find … steep caste and gender gradients and few substantive changes once children enter school. The gender gap, however, reverses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010775112
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The Timing of Preference and Prejudice in Sequential Hiring Games
Waddell, Glen R.; Lee, Logan M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
even a high-productivity candidate who is privately favoured by one agent, as may be the case in efforts to increase gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959532
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How the Human Capital Model Explains Why the Gender Wage Gap Narrowed
Polachek, Solomon W. - 2004
a smaller gender wage gap as male-female lifetime work expectations become more similar. The model explains why relative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261859
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Crossing the Tracks? : More on Trends in the Training of Male and Female Workers in Great Britain
Jones, Melanie K.; Latreille, Paul L.; Sloane, Peter J. - 2004
reversed. The present paper explores the sources of the gender differential in training incidence using Labour Force Survey …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262153
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Are There Gender and Country of Origin Differences in Immigrant Labor Market Outcomes across European Destinations?
Adsera, Alicia; Chiswick, Barry R. - 2004
labor market performance of immigrants across gender related to duration in the destination, schooling, age at immigration … those in Sweden, Denmark, Luxembourg or Spain the worst, particularly among non-EU born migrants. Gender differences are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262167
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Earnings over the lifecycle: the Mincer earnings function and its applications
Polachek, Solomon W. - 2007
earn more than blacks; why occupational distributions differ by gender; why geographic and job mobility predominate among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268458
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A long-run view of the university gender gap in Australia
Booth, Alison L.; Kee, Hiau Joo - 2010
The first Australian universities were established in the 1850s, well before the introduction of compulsory schooling … twentieth century, the introduction of mass secondary school education and the expansion of the number of universities widened …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269874
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The paradox of declining female happiness
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2009
a gender gap in happiness in which women in the 1970s typically reported higher subjective well-being than did men …. These declines have continued and a new gender gap is emerging - one with higher subjective well-being for men. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271230
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Border enforcement and selection of Mexican immigrants in the United States
Lozano, Fernando Antonio; Lopez, Mary J. - 2010
Since 1986 the United States has made considerable efforts to curb illegal immigration. This has resulted in an increase in migration costs for undocumented immigrants. More stringent border enforcement either deters potential illegal immigrants from coming to the U.S., or moves the point of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275695