difference. This raises the question of why the gender gap did not disappear when the importance of physical strength waned with … characteristics explain much, but not all, of this gender gap. To explain the remainder of the gap, we examine training and … firms explains the gender gap. We also find differences across firms by size and location. Smaller firms outside the major …

We investigate skill mismatch and its impact on gender differences in wage gap and in returns to education in Sweden … (overeducation), while men are more likely to have less (undereducation).Over- and undereducation contribute far more to the gender … wage gap than years of schooling and work experience. In decompositions, adjusting for skill mismatch decreases the gender …

university degree in business or economics. These women and men have similar wages and earnings at the start of their careers … gender log wage gap among these workers. We then examine whether gender differences in firm-to-firm mobility help explain the … patterns in wages that we see. Men and women both exhibit greater mobility early in their careers, but there is little gender …

of English skills on labour market status and, conditional on being a wage earner, on monthly earnings and occupational … level of skills in English and earnings, which is only modestly reduced when job-related variables and (especially … English) seems to stimulate labour market participation and earnings capacity, but does not substantially affect the …

This paper investigates how high school gender composition affects students' participation in STEM college studies …. Using Danish administrative data, we exploit idiosyncratic within-school variation in gender composition. We find that … peer environment has lasting effects on occupational sorting and the gender wage gap. …

to education are higher for women than men in both countries; the gender gap has worsened in 2008, but more so for …

of what is recognized in mainstream theory and policy as work done by women. Thus, the traditional gender roles, with the … also need to go beyond standard models to interpret the intrahousehold gender inequities. We do not gain much insight from … concerted move toward sensitization of gender issues and scrutiny entailing a gender audit at every level of activity. This may …

findings on gender discrimination, and while they have identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments … unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new …, the discrimination detected in field experiments is less pervasive than that implied by the regression approach …

, and unpaid work, on the other, well-designed employment guarantee policies can promote job creation, gender equality, and …