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Gender differences in competitiveness are often discussed as a potential explanation for gender differences in … of profile choice as gender. More importantly, up to 23 percent of the gender difference in profile choice can be … attributed to gender differences in competitiveness. This lends support to the extrapolation of laboratory findings on …
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the parental gender gap in wages and income. At the same time, working in more family friendly workplaces would not reduce …
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the observed gender differences in expected earnings profiles. We also find no evidence that gender differences in …
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Many studies have shown that women are under-represented in tenured ranks in the sciences. We evaluate whether gender … in science, but the gender gap is entirely explained by fertility decisions. We find that in science overall, there is no … gender difference in promotion to tenure or full professor after controlling for demographic, family, employer and …
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study gender differences in promotion rates and in the wage gains attached to promotions. Several unique features of our … attached to promotions, and relatively few studies on gender differences have considered promotions and wage increases together … there is essentially no gender difference in wage growth with or without promotions …
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The goal of this paper is to draw attention to the long lasting effect of education on economic outcomes. We use the relationship between education and two routes to early retirement – the receipt of Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) and the early claiming of Social Security retirement...
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Women enter retirement having spent fewer years in market work, earned less over their lifetimes, and worked in different jobs than men of the same age. This study examines whether these differences in work-life experiences help explain why many women end up with lower levels of retirement...
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as channels underlying this gender divergence. Our findings have implications for policies aimed at gender equality in … outcomes, as they reveal how persistent gaps can arise even in institutionally gender-neutral settings with early …
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promotion standards are chosen to maximize profit, the standards will reflect gender in ways that are difficult to distinguish …
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Time preference is a key determinant of occupational choice and investments in human capital. Since careers are characterized by different wage growth prospects, individual discount rates play an important role in the relative valuation of jobs or occupations. We predict that individuals with...
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