We investigate the trend in the gender employment gap in the expanding nonsubsistence sector of the economy in … Mozambique, a country still characterized by a large subsistence agricultural sector. We show evidence that the gender gap has …

educational attainment or skills. Gender is a further dimension in which the impacts of trade liberalization can differ. In a … globalizing world it is important to understand whether and how trade policy can contribute toward enhancing gender convergence in …

This paper focuses on the impact that gender segregation in the labour market exerts on the underemployment gender gap …, especially for women. Furthermore, we conclude that the gender gap in underemployment is mainly due to the different distribution … of male and female workers across occupations and industries. Additionally, the different impact by gender that working …

years, they are still significantly underrepresented in management positions. Organisational measures to promote gender … relatively few firms that have formalised organisational gender equality policies. Against this background, I examine whether …

This paper uses unique firm-level panel data from Japan and provides new evidence on the possible impact on gender … (WLB) practices that are developed in part to enhance gender equality as well as performance-related pay (PRP) that is one … period part-time work is found to result in a decrease in the proportion of female directors (or exacerbating gender …

Gender differences in overconfidence have been extensively documented in the empirical literature, but the implications …, combined with competitive job incentives, affects gender equality in the labor market and discuss policy implications. The …

In this paper, we first document trends in the gender composition of academic economists over the past 25 years, the … publishing, promotion, and tenure. While underlying gender differences can directly affect the relative productivity of men and … women, due to either differential constraints or preferences, productivity gaps do not fully explain the gender disparity in …