This empirical research note documents the relationship between composition of a firm's workforce (with a special focus … on age and gender) and its performance with respect to innovative activities (outlays and employment in research and …

instrumental variable strategies, for instance based on the gender disparity in industries and occupations. Our results suggest …

gender pay gap has barely changed. A comparison across European countries shows that a lower female labor force participation …Public interest in the gender pay gap has risen significantly over the past years in Germany, but the size of the … rate is associated with a smaller gender pay gap. The gender differences in the characteristics of the labor force, which …

's impact on the labor market. Another notable finding is the central role of telecommuting: gender gaps in the employment … telecommuters a different kind of gender gap arises: women working from home during the pandemic spent more work time also doing … childcare and experienced greater productivity reductions than men. We discuss what our findings imply for gender equality in a …