We study how native-immigrant (second generation) differences in educational trajectories and school-to-work … transitions vary by gender. Using longitudinal Belgian data and adjusting for family background and educational sorting, we find … is true for residual gaps in the transition to work: native males are 30% more likely than comparable Turkish males to be …

university decreases if they have a weak Italian identity. We exploit gender heterogeneity finding that females are more …

university decreases if they have a weak Italian identity. We exploit gender heterogeneity finding that females are more …

Cross-country differences in the gender gap of higher education attainment are large. In this paper, we study the role … of gender norms for this particular gender gap. To isolate the effect of gender norms from institutional and economic …'s degree. We measure gender norms using economic outcomes as well as beliefs prevailing in the migrants' parents' country of …

– even controlling for differences in ethnicity, family background and years since migration. Additional tests show that the …

- even controlling for differences in ethnicity, family background and years-since-migration. Additional tests show that the …

National Insurance Institute. The paper focuses on gender differences in work history patterns and, within each gender … Jewish workers in Israel over the 13-year time period, 1983-1995. Work histories are constructed from a new joint database …'s labor market attachment is stronger than is generally presumed. Gender differences in employment interruptions are greater …

performance. Finally, chapter 5 presents new insights to gender gaps in adult cognitive skills, showing that they are highly …