Due to conventional gender norms, women are more likely to be in charge of childcare than men. From an employer …

dimension. According to these recent findings, not only the level but also the field of education has to be taken into account …. The field of education determines a great deal about labor market options and influences opportunities to combine … event history models are applied to examine the impact of the field of education on the transition to parenthood, looking at …

analysed by gender. Basic results are: health worsens, income declines and satisfaction is poorer with higher body mass index …. If control variables are added, estimates are split by gender and different effects of over- and underweight people are …

traits on gender differences in career chances.We compare manager’s and other white collar employees in Germany’s private … signifcant gender differences in personal traits, multivariate estimations made clear that these differences cannot explain … gender differences in career chances. Nevertheless, personality traits might indeed play a role but more indirectly: Some of …

looking at the impact of self-reported personality traits on gender differences in career chances. We compare managers and …-Economic Panel (SOEP) in 2005 show that there are significant gender differences in personality traits, multivariate estimations … clearly indicate that these differences cannot account for gender differences in career opportunities. Nevertheless …

In this paper, we focus on network- and gender-specific determinants of remittances, which are often explained …

disparities across male and female occupations are due to gender devaluation. …