In almost all European Union countries, the gender wage gap is increasing across the wages distribution. In this … returns and focus especially on those incorporating pyschological factors as an explanation of the gender gap. Research areas … differences between men and women that might lead to gender wage gaps …

Sectoral gender segregation in labor markets is a fact. This paper examines the female distribution of employment by … in the level of gender sectoral segregation; change in household expenditure again is the main driver of this reduction …

financial risks. The empirical evidence we provide only weakly supports the gender differences argument. We find that women are …

risks. The empirical evidence we provide only weakly supports the gender differences argument. We find that women are less … are found to allocate equal shares of their wealth to risky assets. -- Gender ; risk aversion ; financial behavior …

financial risks. The empirical evidence we provide only weakly supports the gender differences argument. We find that women are … females are found to allocate equal shares of their wealth to risky assets. -- Gender ; risk aversion ; financial behavior …

The gender wage gap has declined in magnitude over time; however, the gap that remains is largely unexplained due to … gender convergence in key wage determining characteristics. In this paper we show that the degree of gender convergence … can still explain a relatively large proportion of the wage gap. We investigate whether gender differences relating to job …

In this paper, we explore the recent gender wage gap trends in a sample of European countries with a new approach that … gender wage gap declined in the majority of the European countries. Similar to the U.S. experience, a part of this decline is …, the changes in returns to brain and brawn skills had a widening effect on the gender wage gap in Southern European …

The gender wage gap has declined in magnitude over time; however, the gap that remains is largely unexplained due to … gender convergence in key wage determining characteristics. In this paper we show that the degree of gender convergence … can still explain a relatively large proportion of the wage gap. We investigate whether gender differences relating to job …

This study analyses the interaction between inter-industry wage differentials and the gender wage gap in six European … results show that in all countries more than 80% of the gender wage gaps within industries are statistically significant. Yet …, industries having the highest and the lowest gender wage gaps vary substantially across European countries. Finally, results …