Gender differences in competitiveness are often discussed as a potential explanation for gender differences in … education and labor market outcomes. We correlate an incentivized measure of competitiveness with an important career choice of … of profile choice as gender. More importantly, up to 23 percent of the gender difference in profile choice can be …

Using detailed information on the career plans and earnings expectations of college business school seniors, we test … the observed gender differences in expected earnings profiles. We also find no evidence that gender differences in …

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 …

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 …

workplace “family friendliness” and analyze the effect of more family friendly workplaces on the career gaps between mothers and … the parental gender gap in wages and income. At the same time, working in more family friendly workplaces would not reduce …-mothers, impeding mothers' ability to climb career ladders over the longer run. Finally, using auxiliary data based on a survey, we find …

We study whether and how early labor market choices determine longer-run career versus family outcomes differentially … years after physicians’ graduations, we find causal effects of early-career sorting on a range of life cycle outcomes that … temporary career disruptions. The evidence points to differential family-career tradeoffs and the mentorship employers provide …

promotion standards are chosen to maximize profit, the standards will reflect gender in ways that are difficult to distinguish …