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Can paternity leave reduce the gender earnings gap?

Diallo, Yaya; Lange, Fabian; Renée, Laetitia - 2024

' uptake of parental leave and reduced their earnings immediately after the reform. However, in the medium to long-run, we find … that the reform did not impact earnings, employment, or the probability of being employed in a high-wage industry for … either parent. We for instance find a 95%-CI for the effect on average female earnings 3-10 years following the reform …

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Climate change and income inequalities

Malpede, Maurizio; Percoco, Marco - 2021

The relationship between climate warming and associated socio-economic development is a central question for environmental economists and social scientists. The scientific literature focusing on the economic effects of climate change is mainly based on the cross-sectional impact of temperature...

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Female labor force participation and economic growth : re-examination of u-shaped curve

Lechman, Ewa - 2014

The paper contributes by providing new insights into the relationship between female labor force and economic growth in 162 countries over the period 1990-2012. We anticipate uncovering U-shaped impact of economic growth on female labor force. To examine the previous we deploy longitudinal data...

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Fifty years a-growing : economic history and demography in the ESR

Ó Gráda, Cormac - 2019

This paper surveys publications in the fields of economic history and demography in the ESR since 1969. Numbering sixty in all, they cover a broad chronological and thematic range. Some of these papers never attracted much notice, but stand as useful sources for future historians. A few have...

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The glass border: gender and exporting in developing countries

Davies, Ronald B.; Mazhikeyev, Arman - 2015

Using firm level data across 99 developing and transition economies, we explore the productivity differences between firms depending on their export status and the gender of their owners. We find that female-owned exporters have roughly half the exporter productivity premium of comparable male...

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Gender, productivity, and promotion in the Irish economics profession

Devereux, Kevin; Samahita, Margaret - 2022

Women in economics follow different career paths than men, facing differential treatment when it comes to journal acceptance as well as promotion. We focus on a selfdirected measure of productivity: working paper output. This avoids potential sex biases in the peer-review process. We find that...

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Gender differences in STEM persistence after graduation

Delaney, Judith; Devereux, Paul J. - 2022

Much attention is focused on finding ways to encourage females to study STEM in school and college but what actually happens once women complete a STEM degree? We use the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey to trace out gender differences in STEM persistence over the career. We find a continuous...

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GVC involvement and the gender wage gap : micro-evidence for European countries

Nikulin, Dagmara; Wolszczak-Derlacz, Joanna - 2019 - This version: August 2019

In this paper we examine the linkages between involvement into global value chains (GVCs) and the gender wage inequalities. We use merged wide-ranging Structure of Earning (SES) and World Input Output Database (WIOD) for the years 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014, covering manufacturing industries of...

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Gender and educational achievement : stylized facts and causal evidence

Delaney, Judith; Devereux, Paul J. - 2021

There are two well-established gender gaps in education. First, females tend to have higher educational attainment and achievement than males and this is particularly the case for children from less advantaged backgrounds. Second, there are large differences in the fields of specialization...

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#MeToo...or not? : do salient shocks affect gender social norms?

Lago, Manuel E. - 2023

Previous research has documented the importance and persistence of social norms, but there is limited understanding of whether they are capable of changing in the short run. Utilizing data from Sweden and Denmark, this article addresses this gap by testing whether significant local shocks may...

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