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on the probability of employment in many, though not all, occupations in ways that differ by gender. Consequently, men … gender wage gap that is unexplained. -- Noncognitve skills ; personality ; occupation ; gender wage gap ; decomposition …
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affected by cognitive skills and gender. We find that cognitive ability (measured by the percentile ranking for university … IQ measures to proxy cognitive skills. However we do find that gender matters. While young women are significantly more … between the impact of gender on risk attitudes and the hypothetical lottery investment suggests that impatience and framing …
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Suspension from school is a commonly-used, yet controversial, school disciplinary measure. This paper uses unique survey data to estimate the impact of suspension on the educational outcomes of those suspended. It finds that while suspension is strongly associated with educational outcomes, the...
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-duty women in the U.S. military using unique data from a survey of the incidence of unwanted gender-related behavior conducted by …
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-duty women in the U.S. military using unique data from a survey of the incidence of unwanted gender-related behavior conducted by …
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This paper examines the changing nature of views towards and reports of sexual harassment using unique data drawn from the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (USMSPB) of the U.S. Federal Government over the period from 1978-1994. Our results indicate that while federal government employees...
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individuals are randomly assigned to mixed-gender or single-gender groups for each race. In this paper we use a sample of over 140 … mixed-gender races than in all-women races, whereas men racer's time is faster in mixed-gender races than men-only races. In … mixed-gender races, male racers are found to be more 'aggressive' - as proxied by lane-changing - in spite of the risk of …
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Using harmonised data from the European Union Household Panel, we analyse gender pay gaps by sector across the wages … distribution for ten countries. We find that the mean gender pay gap in the raw data typically hides large variations in the gap … men and women. We find that, first, gender pay gaps are typically bigger at the top of the wage distribution, a finding …
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