Der Bericht behandelt die Genderunterschiede beim Leistungsbezug in der Gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung. Weil dieses Leistungssystem stark erwerbszentriert ist und dem Äquivalenzprinzip folgt, widerspiegeln sich unstete Erwerbsverläufe und die insgesamt geringere Arbeitsmarktbeteiligung von...

Most existing analyses on the gender wage gap (GWG) have neglected the establishment as a place where inequality between male and female employees arises and is maintained. The use of linked employee-employer data permits us to move beyond the individual and consider the importance of the...

The closing of the gender wage gap is an ongoing phenomenon in industrialized countries. However, research has been limited in its ability to understand the causes of these changes, due in part to an inability to directly compare the work of women to that of men. In this study, we use a new...

Important gender differences in earnings and career trajectories persist. Particularly, in professions such as business. Gender differences in competitiveness have been proposed as a potential explanation. Using an incentivized measure of competitiveness, this paper investigates whether...

This paper documents and studies the gender gap in performance among associate lawyers in the United States. Unlike other high-skilled professions, the legal profession assesses performance using transparent measures that are widely used and comparable across firms: the number of hours billed to...