This paper studies gender differences in the allocation of workers across jobs of different complexity using panel data … on Finnish metalworkers. These data provide a measure for the complexity of the workers' tasks that can be used to … and non-promoted workers. It is found that women start their careers in less complex tasks than men and that they are also …

closings, which was borne out by data from the Displaced Workers Survey (DWS). In this paper, we take advantage of many more … asymmetric information, we make use of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 which induced employers to lay off "protected" workers in …

closings, which was borne out by data from the Displaced Workers Survey (DWS). In this paper, we take advantage of many more … asymmetric information, we make use of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 which induced employers to lay of "protected" workers in mass … ; displaced workers ; racial and gender wage gap ; discrimination ; heterogeneous human capital …

population of white-collar workers at over 4,000 private-sector establishments in Norway. Our data include unusually detailed job …

discrimination across firms. -- asymmetric information ; displaced workers ; racial and gender wage gap ; discrimination …

population of white-collar workers at over 4,000 private-sector establishments in Norway. Our data include unusually detailed job …

closings, which was borne out by data from the Displaced Workers Survey (DWS). In this paper, we take advantage of many more …;protectedquot; workers in mass layoffs rather than fire them for cause. As a result, relative to whites, a layoff would be a more negative …

population of white-collar workers at over 4,000 private-sector establishments in Norway. Our data include unusually detailed job …

population of white-collar workers at over 4,000 private-sector establishments in Norway. Our data include unusually detailed job …