Occupational and sectoral segregation by gender is remarkably persistent across space and time and is a major … contributor to gender wage gaps. We investigate the determinants of one-digit occupational and sectoral segregation in developing …

This paper studies the impact of an affirmative action policy on occupational segregation by gender in South Africa. We … estimate effects of the Employment Equity Act of 1998, the Black Economic Empowerment Act in 2003 and the Codes of Good Conduct … in 2007 on (Black) female employment in top occupations using individual level, repeated cross-section data of 21 years …

This paper studies the impact of an affirmative action policy on occupational segregation by gender in South Africa. We … estimate the effects of the Employment Equity Act of 1998, the Black Economic Empowerment Act in 2003 and the Codes of Good … Conduct in 2007 on (Black) female employment in top occupations using individual level, repeated cross-section data of 21 …

This paper investigates gender-based segregation across different fields of study at the post-secondary level of … longitudinal data-set from India, we provide evidence that there is substantial intra-household gender disparity in the choice of … humanities.This gender disparity is not driven by gender specific differences in mathematical ability, as the gap remains large …

sizable gender effects. Women attend research sessions more diligently than men (at any point in time only half of the …

This study analyses employment transitions of working-age women in India. The puzzling issue of low labour force … in the recent literature. However, no study so far has looked into the dynamics of employment in terms of labour force … corrects for selection bias due to initial employment and panel attrition, to investigate the determinants of women’s entry …

This study analyses employment transitions of working-age women in India. The puzzling issue of low labour force … in the recent literature. However, no study so far has looked into the dynamics of employment in terms of labour force … corrects for selection bias due to initial employment and panel attrition, to investigate the determinants of women's entry …