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Do women ask?
Artz, Benjamin; Goodall, Amanda H.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2016
Women typically earn less than men. The reasons are not fully understood. Previous studies argue that this may be because (i) women 'don't ask' and (ii) the reason they fail to ask is out of concern for the quality of their relationships at work. This account is difficult to assess with standard...
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Brothers increase women's gender conformity
Brenøe, Anne Ardila - 2021
I examine how one central aspect of the family environment - sibling sex composition - affects women's gender … for first-born women. I show that women with a brother acquire more traditional gender roles, as measured through their … mechanism, I provide evidence of increased gender-specialized parenting in families with mixed-sex children. Finally, I find …
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Is my wage fair? : validating fairness perceptions among women and men
Diehl, Claudia; Lang, Julia; Strauß, Susanne; … - 2024
This paper examines gender differences in perceptions of the fairness of one's own pay. Theoretically, we draw on two … employees. They might be more aware of the societal debate about gender discrimination and "aim higher" in setting their …
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Women's sexual orientation and occupational tasks : partners, prejudice, and motherhood
Carrasco, Raquel; Nuevo-Chiquero, Ana - 2024
This paper examines differences in occupational task content among women based on their sexual orientation. Using data from the American Community Survey, we find that women in same-sex couples are more likely to be employed in occupations characterized by more abstract and manual tasks, and...
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Are Women Doing it for Themselves? Gender Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap
Theodoropoulos, Nikolaos - 2019
we find a raw gender wage gap (GWG) in hourly wages of around 0.18-0.21 log points. The regression-adjusted gap is around …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861293
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Exposure to More Female Peers Widens the Gender Gap in Stem Participation
Brenoe, Anne Ardila - 2019
This paper investigates how high school gender composition affects students' participation in STEM at college. Using … Danish administrative data, we exploit idiosyncratic within-school variation in gender composition. We find that having a … effects on occupational sorting, the gender wage gap, and fertility …
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Exposure to More Female Peers Widens the Gender Gap in STEM Participation
Brenøe, Anne - 2018
This paper investigates how high school gender composition affects students' participation in STEM college studies …. Using Danish administrative data, we exploit idiosyncratic within-school variation in gender composition. We find that … peer environment has lasting effects on occupational sorting and the gender wage gap …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012920522
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Women Working for Women : Career Advancement and the Gender Wage Gap in the U. S. Federal Government
Droganova, Maria - 2018
This paper investigates how female leadership affects the gender wage gap in the U. S. federal government. Using a ….1% increase in female wages and a 6.7% decline in male wages. Also, the gender of an executive (a higher level supervisor) has a … lesser impact on wages than the gender of regular supervisors. However, the gender of an executive has a greater impact on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012931998
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Are women doing it for themselves? : gender segregation and the gender wage gap
Theodoropoulos, Nikolaos; Forth, John; Bryson, Alex - 2019
we find a raw gender wage gap (GWG) in hourly wages of around 0.18-0.21 log points. The regression-adjusted gap is around …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012120869
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Exposure to More Female Peers Widens the Gender Gap in Stem Participation
Brenøe, Anne - 2019
This paper investigates how high school gender composition affects students' participation in STEM at college. Using … Danish administrative data, we exploit idiosyncratic within-school variation in gender composition. We find that having a … effects on occupational sorting, the gender wage gap, and fertility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012863367