This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A … unique feature of the study is to use micro evidence on the relationship between birthweight - an early measure of … growth and schooling investments and returns. Using data from two surveys of twins in the People's Republic of China and …

This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A … unique feature of the study is to use micro evidence on the relationship between birthweight - an early measure of … growth and schooling investments and returns. Using data from two surveys of twins in the People's Republic of China and …

This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A … unique feature of the study is to use micro evidence on the relationship between birthweight - an early measure of … growth and schooling investments and returns. Using data from two surveys of twins in the People’s Republic of China and …

Using a multi-dimensional measure of occupational mismatch, we report distinct gender differences in match quality and … changes in match quality over the course of careers. A substantial portion of the gender wage gap stems from match quality …

. However, the direction of the gender effect differs significantly by education. Only females among the college educated are … that there are gender differences in match quality and changes in match quality over the course of careers. In particular …

and we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their …

, we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their academic … performance and their labor market income. We exploit the within-school, cohort-by-cohort variation in the gender composition of … not find significant effects of the high school class gender composition on women. Our results are consistent with the …

gender wage gap between 1985 and 2010 can be explained by a reduction in occupational segregation between the genders. The … remaining 35% are explained by shifts in occupational wages which increased within occupations important for female employment … Böhm et al. (2019) that average wages do not move as much as skill prices, I reestimate the part of the declining wage gap …

performance. Finally, chapter 5 presents new insights to gender gaps in adult cognitive skills, showing that they are highly …This dissertation consists of four distinct empirical essays that address various aspects of the economics of education … related to wages, especially at the top of the wage distribution. …

skills are important in determining mean wages, personality traits have little explanatory power. However, quantile … existence of sex-specific skills of their workers, which could then widen the within-firm gender wage gap. …We use a first-hand linked employer-employee dataset representing the formal sector of Bangladesh to explain gender …