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 …

This paper summarizes research on gender differences in economic settings. I discuss gender differences in attitudes … toward competition, altruism and the closely related issue of cooperation, and risk preferences. While gender differences in …. Surprisingly, the results are also quite mixed when concerning gender differences in risk attitudes. I discuss the external …

Although the gender wage gap in the U.S. has narrowed, women's career trajectories diverge from men's after the birth … datasets show insignificant gender differentials in access to employer-subsidized child care and access to scheduling …

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 …

factors to the decline in the gender wage gap: changes across cohorts in the relative slopes of men%u2019s and women%u2019s … slopes account for about one-third of the narrowing of the gender wage gap over the past 40 years. Under quite general …-school investments (PSIs) to the decline of the gender wage gap …

the difficulty of tasks and gender stereotypes. We develop a theoretical model that separates these forces and apply it to … ability both for themselves and for others. Gender stereotypes also have strong predictive power for beliefs, particularly for … gender gaps in self-confidence …

wages, the gender wage gap and the gender composition of employment. The focus is the pay equity initiative of the Canadian …