This paper analyses (age-adjusted) employment rates by gender and education. We find that malefemale gender gaps and … by 10.6 percentage points, whereas closing the gender gaps between men and women would lead to an increase of 2 ….5 percentage points. At the same time, closing both the gender and education gaps would raise the EU employment rate from 76% to 89 …

In this study, we investigate the extent and mechanisms of gender-based discrimination in urban Ecuador's hiring … practices, a critical issue for understanding persistent gender disparities and informing policy. Using an artifactual field … differentials. We hypothesize that social norms advocating for gender equality significantly drive these preferences, and …

empirically investigate the dynamics and drivers of gender gaps in employment rates, wages and workhours during the pandemic …. Relying on Estonian Labour Force Survey data, we document that the pandemic has, if anything, reduced gender inequality in all … - rising as infections mounted and declining as the first wave flattened - overall, the pandemic did not exacerbate gender gaps …

This paper makes three contributions to the existing literature. First, it provides descriptive evidence on gender … differentials by education level in the US labor market over the last twenty years. Second, it uses the structural estimation of a … search model of the labor market to identify and quantify the impact of employers' prejudice on labor market gender …

In this paper we discuss some strands of the recent literature on the evolution of gender gaps and their driving forces …. We will revisit key stylized facts about gender gaps in employment and wages in a few high-income countries. We then … discuss and build on one gender-neutral force behind the rise in female employment, namely the rise of the service economy …