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In this paper we use New Immigrant Survey data to investigate the impact of immigrant women's own labor supply prior to migrating and female labor supply in their source country to provide evidence on the role of human capital and culture in affecting their labor supply and wages in the United...
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observe gender imbalances in labor markets: men are more competitively inclined than women. Whether, and to what extent, such … attenuate the gender differences, including whether the job is performed in teams, whether the job task is female-oriented, and …
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analysis considers various experimental treatments and finds that the existence of gender differences depends crucially on the …
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panel data from three rather different educational institutions, and use them to examine the relationship between the gender … composition of the students in an academic department and the gender composition of its faculty at the time the students were …
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This paper studies the effect of trade liberalization on an under-explored aspect of wage inequality - gender … gender. A reduction in tariffs induces more productive firms to modernize their technology and enter the export market. New …
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We examine causes and consequences of relative income within households. We establish that gender identity - in … their marriage and are more likely to divorce. Finally, based on time use surveys, the gender gap in non-market work is …
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In this paper we analyze whether the gender composition of classmates in high school affects the choice of college …-major by shifting it towards those majors preferred by the prevalent gender in the class. We use a novel dataset of 30 … exploit the fact that the gender composition of the graduating high school class, from one year to the next, within School …
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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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.8 percent of the earnings gender differential …
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With an overall lack of gender and ethnic diversity in the innovation sector documented in Gompers and Wang (2017), we … answer this question using a unique dataset of the gender of venture capital partners' children. First, we find strong …. Second, using an instrumental variable set-up, we also show that improved gender diversity, induced by parenting more …
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