differences between men and women that might lead to gender wage gaps …In almost all European Union countries, the gender wage gap is increasing across the wages distribution. In this … lecture I briefly survey some recent studies aiming to explain why apparently identical women and men receive such different …

part-time women are more satisfied with working hours than full-time women. Partnered women's life satisfaction is … is increased if they themselves are working full-time. This finding is consistent with the gender identity hypothesis of … Akerlof and Kranton (2000). -- part-time work ; happiness ; gender identity …

part-time women are more satisfied with working hours than full-time women. Partnered women's life satisfaction is … is increased if they themselves are working full-time. This finding is consistent with the gender identity hypothesis of …

This paper reports the results of the Royal Economic Society Women's Committee 1998 survey on the gender balance in UK … reasons for the low representation of women in academic economics, and also argue that it is a cause for concern …

Part-time jobs are popular among partnered women in many countries. In the Netherlands the majority of partnered … working women have a part-time job. Our paper investigates, from a supply-side perspective, if the current situation of … abundant part-time work in the Netherlands is likely to be a transitional phase that will culminate in many women working full …