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Parenthood, family friendly workplaces, and the gender gaps in early work careers

Hotz, Vincent Joseph; Johansson, Per-Olov; Karimi, Arizo - 2018

workplace “family friendliness” and analyze the effect of more family friendly workplaces on the career gaps between mothers and … fathers. We find that exogenously moving mothers to more family friendly workplaces would raise their wages and labor income … the parental gender gap in wages and income. At the same time, working in more family friendly workplaces would not reduce …

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Workplace presenteeism, job substitutability and gender inequality

Azmat, Ghazala; Hensvik, Lena; Rosenqvist, Olof - 2020

Following the arrival of the first child, women’s absence rates soar and become less predictable due to the greater frequency of their own sickness and the need to care for sick children. In this paper, we argue that this fall in presenteeism in the workplace hurts women’s wages, not only...

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When time binds : returns to working long hours and the gender wage gap among the highly skilled

Cortés, Patricia; Pan, Jessica - 2016

This paper explores the relationship between gender differences in hours worked, the returns to working long hours, and the gender pay gap among highly educated workers. Using a cross-section of occupations, Goldin (2014) documents that occupations characterized by high returns to overwork are...

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The return to hours worked within and across occupations: implications for the gender wage gap

Denning, Jeffrey T.; Jacob, Brian Aaron; Lefgren, Lars; … - 2021

Prior research suggests that gender differences in hours worked play an important role in the gender pay gap. Yet common estimates of the wage returns to hours worked are close to zero, implying that hours differences cannot account much for the gender wage gap, even though men work more hours...

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The gender gap in time allocation in Europe

Gimenez-Nadal, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto - 2020

This article explores the gender gap in time allocation in Europe, offering up-to-date statistics and information on several factors that may help to explain these differences. Prior research has identified several factors affecting the time individuals devote to paid work, unpaid work, and...

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The gender division of work across countries

Gottlieb, Charles; Doss, Cheryl R.; Gollin, Douglas; … - 2024

Across countries, women and men allocate time differently between market work, domestic services, and care work. In this paper, we document the gender division of work, drawing on a new harmonized data set that provides us with high-quality time use data for 50 countries spanning the global...

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When Time Binds : Returns to Working Long Hours and the Gender Wage Gap Among the Highly Skilled

Cortes, Patricia - 2016

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Women's optimism, the gender happiness equaliser : a case of South Africa

Greyling, Talita; Fisher, Bianca - 2020

This paper investigates whether there is co-movement in subjective wellbeing (swb) gender gaps and objective wellbeing (owb) gender gaps over time and whether swb gender gaps are caused by gender differences in endowments or by the different ways men and women value the pre-mentioned. This is...

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Parental Gender Stereotypes and Student Wellbeing in China

Chu, Shuai; Zeng, Xiangquan; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2020

Non-cognitive abilities are supposed to affect students’ educational performance, who are challenged by parental expectations and norms. Using standard econometric techniques, parental gender stereotypes are shown to strongly decrease student wellbeing in China. Students are strongly more...

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Brothers increase women's gender conformity

Brenøe, Anne Ardila - 2021

I examine how one central aspect of the family environment - sibling sex composition - affects women's gender …

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