What explains the persistence of the gender gap? The World Economic Forum Gender Gap Index documents the persistence of … the gender gap and, more surprising yet, the data validates that in the last decade the gender gap has grown wider. Why …? We provide here a rational market explanation of the gender gap and explain why it is growing wider. We show that the …

Research over the past two decades has found significant gender differences in subjective job-satisfaction, with the … result that women report greater satisfaction than men in some countries. This paper examines the so-called “gender paradox … impact that differential valuations of characteristics have on the gender difference in self-reported job satisfaction. The …

large for women as for men. We seek to explain this gender gap by exploring gender differences in: family and caring …