Gender wage and employment gaps are negatively correlated across countries. We argue that non-random selection of women … consistent with low gender wage gaps simply because low-wage women would not feature in the observed wage distribution. We … explore this idea across the US and EU by estimating gender gaps in potential wages. We recover information on wages for those …

Gender wage and employment gaps are negatively correlated across countries. We argue that non-random selection of women … consistent with low gender wage gaps simply because low-wage women would not feature in the observed wage distribution. We … explore this idea across the US and EU by estimating gender gaps in potential wages. We recover information on wages for those …

together these three produce the "parental gender gap," defined as the difference in income between mothers and fathers. We … fathers manage to expand their relative gains, particularly among college graduates. The parental gender gap in earnings …