This book provides new evidence on the magnitude and sources of pay inequalities between women and men in European …

female employees if women are less driven by pecuniary considerations in their choice of employers than men. Employers may … exploit this to increase their profits at the detriment of women’s wages. Empirically, it is indeed found that women’s labour … may result from employers engaging in monopsonistic discrimination. Therefore, a monopsonistic approach to gender …

In the last decades, women’s role in the workforce has dramatically changed, though gender inequality persists and for … women, gender identity still prevails over work identity. It is important not to forget or diminish the historical role of … women in the labour market though and this book proposes a critical overview of the most recent historical research on women …

Foreword -- Ch 1 Introduction -- Part I Cross Cultural Foundational Issues -- Ch 2 Women’s Enrollments in STEM in … Divide -- Part II Exemplar Disciplines -- Ch 5 Data on Women in the Scientific Workforce -- Ch 6 Women in Mathematics -- Ch 7 … Women in Statistics -- Ch 8 Computer Science -- Part III Policies and Programs -- Ch 9 Promising Programs—A Cross …

women on boards. A must-read in the field!’ -Ruth Aguilera, D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University ‘This … European countries, the skilled contributors explore the current situation in relation to women on boards debates and … corporate governance system and national strategies for increasing the share of women not only on boards, but within companies …

and women. It reframes the problem of discrimination in the workplace as a matter of organizational ethics, social …Introduction -- Persistence of Gender Discrimination in the Workplace -- Corporate Social Responsibility: A Theoretical … Overview -- Topical Approach: Gender Discrimination as a CSR Problem -- Persitance of Discrimination as CSR Failure …

Austerity For Gender Equality In Europe -- 4. Women, Recession, and Austerity -- 5. Paid and Unpaid Work Time by Labor Force … Status of Prime Age Women and Men in Canada -- 6. Gender, Socieconomic Status, Time-Use, and the Great Recession in the U … Africa -- 9. Women and the Urban Economy in India -- 10. The Challenge of “Indirect Care” -- 11. Caregiving by Older Adults …