After the World War II, especially in the early fifties there is an expansion of gender rights. Women are massively employed all over the world in all sectors of social life, contributing to an increase in both their own standard of living and the standard in their own countries. As the...

Introduction -- Women's occupations -- Women's wages -- Explaining occupational sorting -- Testing for occupational barriers in agriculture -- Barriers to women's employment -- Occupational barriers in self-employment -- Women's labour force participation -- Conclusion -- Appendix to chapter...

Most existing analyses on the gender wage gap (GWG) have neglected the establishment as a place where inequality between male and female employees arises and is maintained. The use of linked employee-employer data permits us to move beyond the individual and consider the importance of the...