This paper analyses (age-adjusted) employment rates by gender and education. We find that malefemale gender gaps and ….5 percentage points. At the same time, closing both the gender and education gaps would raise the EU employment rate from 76% to 89 … high-low education gaps in employment vary markedly across European Union (EU) countries and regions, with larger gaps …

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

with higher education and a high valuation of market work were the two main causes of rising female participation in the … more women to participate in the labor market. We find: - that the increased number of women with higher education has …

's education attainment negatively. In terms of monetary units, the average effect of the 1993 German recessionon children …