Occupational segregation is one of the major causes of the gender pay gap. We probe the possibility that individual … beliefs regarding gender stereotypes established in childhood contribute to gendered sorting. Using an experiment with two … fictitious peer pursue different college majors and career paths simply because of their gender. We find strong evidence that …

-school leadership experiences explain a significant portion of the residual gender wage gap and selection into management occupations … experiences, our results leave less room for direct labor market discrimination as a driver of the gender wage gap and occupation …

This paper examines the importance of gender differences in labour supply and demand for job exibility to the growth of … the gender wage gap over the life cycle and over time for graduates in the UK. We document that the graduate gender wage … quantify the importance of changes to preferences and relative demand for exibility on the gender wage gap. Higher relative …

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 …

are more likely to participate in the labor market and have a job. Third, the gender wage gap decreases among high …