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Does Menstruation Explain Gender Gaps in Work Absenteeism?
Rockoff, Jonah E. - 2010
Ichino and Moretti (2009) find that menstruation may contribute to gender gaps in absenteeism and earnings, based on …
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Biological Gender Differences, Absenteeism and the Earning Gap
Ichino, Andrea - 2006
.8 percent of the earnings gender differential …
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Boy-Girl Differences in Parental Time Investments : Evidence from Three Countries
Baker, Michael - 2013
We study differences in the time parents spend with girls and boys at preschool ages in Canada, the U.K. and the U.S. We refine previous evidence that fathers commit more time to boys, showing this greater commitment emerges with age and is not present for very young children. We next examine...
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Redistribution by Insurance Market Regulation : Analyzing a Ban on Gender-Based Retirement Annuities
Finkelstein, Amy - 2006
quantitative estimates of the consequences of government regulation. We estimate the impact of restricting gender-based pricing in … of equilibrium contract structures with and without gender-based pricing. Eliminating gender-based pricing is generally … to offer a menu of contracts may reduce the amount of redistribution from men to women associated with gender …
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Unions and Wage Inequality : The Roles of Gender, Skill and Public Sector Employment
Card, David - 2018
We examine the changing relationship between unionization and wage inequality in Canada and the United States. Our study is motivated by profound recent changes in the composition of the unionized workforce. Historically, union jobs were concentrated among low-skilled men in private sector...
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Gender and Youth Employment Outcomes : The Us and West Germany, 1984-91
Blau, Francine D.; Kahn, Lawrence M. - 2021
This paper examines gender differences in labor market outcomes for hard-to-employ youth in the US and West Germany …
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Labour Market Reforms and Changes in Wage Inequality in the United Kingdom and the United States
Gosling, Amanda; Lemieux, Thomas - 2021
This paper compares trends in male and female hourly wage inequality in the United Kingdom and the United States between 1979 and 1998. Our main finding is that the extent and pattern of wage inequality became increasingly similar in the two countries during this period. We attribute this...
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A Jury of Her Peers : The Impact of the First Female Jurors on Criminal Convictions
Anwar, Shamena - 2016
This paper uses an original data set of more than 3000 cases from 1918 to 1926 in the Central Criminal Courts of London to study the effect of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act of 1919. Implemented in 1921, this Act made females eligible to serve on English juries, providing a novel setting...
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The Gender Earnings Gap in the Gig Economy : Evidence from Over a Million Rideshare Drivers
Cook, Cody - 2018
document a roughly 7% gender earnings gap amongst drivers. We completely explain this gap and show that it can be entirely … discrimination. Our results suggest that there is no reason to expect the “gig” economy to close gender differences. Even in the … gender-based differences in preferences and constraints can sustain a gender pay gap …
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Worker Absence and Productivity : Evidence from Teaching
Herrmann, Mariesa A - 2010
A significant amount of work time is lost each year due to worker absence, but evidence on the productivity losses from absenteeism remains scant due to difficulties with identification. In this paper, we use uniquely detailed data on the timing, duration, and cause of absences among teachers to...
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