the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews … research on gender inequality in access to self-employment, the gender gap in pensions, and the emerging topic of a gender gap … in wealth, attempting to highlight the paths between the various facets of gender inequality. Throughout the review, much …

We investigate the role of training in reducing the gender wage gap using the UK- BHPS which contains detailed records …

We investigate the role of training in reducing the gender wage gap using the UK-BHPS. Based on a lifecycle model and …

This paper examines changes in the distribution of wages using bounds to allow for the impact of non-random selection …, since employment rates in the UK are often low they are not informative about changes in educational or gender wage …

discrimination if orientation is not observable. Analogously, behavioural explanations of pay based on models of gender linked within … earnings, gender, LGB identity, coupling status, and the disclosure of sexual orientation in English National Health Service … (NHS) workplaces. The results reveal a robust gender pay gap of 4% in favour of males, but no overall LGB pay gap compared …

2016, there was an average gender pay gap of 30 percent in gross hourly earnings. If gender-specific differences in … experience explains the gender pay gap to almost a quarter according to the present study based on data from the Socio …-Economic Panel (Sozio-ökonomisches Panel, SOEP). In order to reduce the gender pay gap, measures are needed to counteract the large …

analysis provides novel evidence for the magnitude and the origin of ethnic wage differentials by gender. In general, ethnic …

comparison group choice. I also use the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition and its semiparametric extension to decompose gender wage … differentials with the UK Labour Force Survey (LFS) data, while providing separate estimates of the average gender effect on men …, women, and the whole population. -- decomposition methods ; gender wage gaps ; treatment effects …

We analyze the relationship between social attitudes on gender equality and firms' pay-setting behavior by combining … information about regional votes relative to gender equality laws with a large data set of multi-branch firms and workers. The … acceptance of gender inequality than in branches located in regions with a lower acceptance. The results are similar for …

returns are differentially greater for men and account for a substantial proportion of the gender earnings gap. A comparison … of OLS and IV estimates also indicates negative selection into volunteering for both genders. In a model of optimal … volunteering, negative selection implies that a reduction in the cost of volunteering will lead to an expanded and higher …