Although male employees are increasingly making use of parental leave, gender differences in both usage and duration of … parental leave are still prevalent. In this contribution, we explore the role of gender for the relation between the incidence …

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 …

Using harmonised data from the European Union Household Panel, we analyse gender pay gaps by sector across the wages … distribution for ten countries. We find that the mean gender pay gap in the raw data typically hides large variations in the gap … men and women. We find that, first, gender pay gaps are typically bigger at the top of the wage distribution, a finding …

In this paper we examine the linkages between involvement into global value chains (GVCs) and the gender wage … added embodied in exports (FVA/Exp.) We augment the Mincerian regression with GVC variable and report gender wage … lower. However, the relationship between GVC and wages differs in respect to gender; women are more affected by the negative …

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 …

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 …

Public interest in the gender pay gap has risen significantly over the past years in Germany, but the size of the … gender pay gap has barely changed. A comparison across European countries shows that a lower female labor force participation … rate is associated with a smaller gender pay gap. The gender differences in the characteristics of the labor force, which …

and we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their …

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 …