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 …

This article explores the gender gap in time allocation in Europe, offering up-to-date statistics and information on … individuals devote to paid work, unpaid work, and child care, and the gender gaps in these activities, but most research refers to … single countries, and general patterns are rarely explored. Cross-country evidence on gender gaps in paid work, unpaid work …

addition, even if it is approaching a gender-equal split, the withincouple division of housework barely passes the point at … aligns broadly with traditional theories of the household, yet the role of the 'doing-gender' hypothesis is non-negligible. …

This article investigates the competences of school leaders needed to develop learning communities (LCs) in the context … of European school governance systems. It shows the output of a two-years project “School Governance to build a Learning … empirical research, we designed an “European Training Path” for school leaders who want to build LCs. The training path is …

This article investigates the competences of school leaders needed to develop learning communities (LCs) in the context … of European school governance systems. It shows the output of a two-years project “School Governance to build a Learning … empirical research, we designed an “European Training Path” for school leaders who want to build LCs. The training path is …

This paper estimates size and impact factors of the gender pay gap in Europe. It adds to the literature in three … aspects. First, we update existing figures on the gender pay gaps in the EU based on the Structure of Earnings Survey 2010 … the most important barrier to gender pay equality in European countries. In addition, the fact that part-time positions …

This paper estimates size and impact factors of the gender pay gap in Europe. It adds to the literature in three … aspects. First, we update existing figures on the gender pay gaps in the EU based on the Structure of Earnings Survey 2010 … the most important barrier to gender pay equality in European countries. In addition, the fact that part-time positions …

We document that existing gender equality indexes do not take into account gender-specific mandatory peace …-time conscriptions. This suggests that gender-specific conscription is not considered to be an important gender issue. If an indicator … measuring the gender equality of mandatory conscription (compulsory military service) would be included into gender equality …

This study examines the gender wage gap between male and female workers in the US using a cross-section from the … Current Population Survey (CPS) It shows that the extent of gender segregation by both industry and occupation is … appropriate techniques in the presence of such strong gender segregation. To secure even greater precision we repeat the matching …

In this paper we analyze the trend of the gender gap between wives and husbands for Mediterranean countries with a … the sticky floor effect, i.e. the gender gap is bigger at the bottom of distribution, while we can observe that the glass …