This paper shows that gender di®erences exist in a professional setting where man-agers have a similar educational …

This paper analyzes the evolution of gender occupational segregation between 2001 and 2011and its influence on the wage … indicates an overall decrease in gender occupational segregation. The decomposition of the index shows that the decline is due … more to changes in the occupational structure than to changes in the occupations gender composition. On the other hand …

We analyze the effect of gender quotas on electoral participation by using a dataset regarding Italian municipal … elections. Gender quotas were in force in Italy from 1993 to 1995. Given the short period covered by the reform, some … municipalities never voted using a gender quota. We identify a treatment and a control group and estimate the effects of gender …

The paper empirically explores the international economic effects of gender discrimination, namely the linkages of … gender inequality with comparative advantage (trade) and foreign direct investment flows. It discusses different forms and … the extent of gender discrimination across countries and presents the results of empirical tests of those linkages. The …

labour market and test whether hiring discrimination based on gender is heterogeneous by the promotion characteristics of the …

of 8 862 firms formed the basis for assessing the gender pay gap in the light of a) the staff costs per employee and b …

Using data from the U.S. National Incident Based Reporting System we document a gender gap in the number of crimes …

This paper presents a new theory of gender discrimination in competitive labour markets which does not rely on any … inherent gender asymmetries. Women and men are organized into households with each having identical household specific human …

contrast the results obtained with the gender discrimination theory. The estimation reflect a behavior of gender discrimination …