contribute to the gender wage gap, and how institutional elements - especially family policies - affect this relationship. Our … analysis is based on a decomposition that reveals what portion of the gender wage gap may be attributed to: (1) the motherhood … wage penalty, (2) the fatherhood wage premium, and (3) the gender wage gap among childless individuals. Our findings …

A gender differential in wages is considered to be discriminatory if the differential cannot be explained by gender … differences in productivity. Numerous studies have been performed to measure the extent of gender wage discrimination in countries …

This paper focuses on the impact that gender segregation in the labour market exerts on the underemployment gender gap …, especially for women. Furthermore, we conclude that the gender gap in underemployment is mainly due to the different distribution … of male and female workers across occupations and industries. Additionally, the different impact by gender that working …

Prior research suggests that gender differences in hours worked play an important role in the gender pay gap. Yet … for the gender wage gap, even though men work more hours than women on average. However, while the wage returns to hours …. We develop a conceptual framework that reconciles these facts. We show that, under some assumptions, gender differences …

We study the gender gap in the duration of sick leave in Spain by splitting this duration into two types of days …