the role of children and show that many potential explanations for the remaining gender disparities in labor market … the link between children and gender gaps in the labor market, and to help rationalize how various factors potentially …, persistently large gender gaps in terms of labor supply, earnings, and representation in top jobs remain. Moreover, in countries …

Gender gaps in skills exist around the world but differ remarkably among the high and low-and-middle income countries … and gender attitudes predict gender gaps in cognitive and noncognitive skills. We find steep socioeconomic and attitude … results suggest that a sizable improvement in gender attitudes would yield important gains for females, but substantial gains …

This paper uses an event study approach to estimate the impact of children on the gender earnings gap in Australia. We … use the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey to show the arrival of children has a large and … persistent impact on the gender earnings gap, reducing female earnings by 55 per cent, on average, in the 5 years following …

Why do entrepreneurship rates differ so markedly by gender? Using data from a large representative German household …-up decision and can explain the gender gap in entrepreneurship. Applying a decomposition analysis, we observe that the higher risk … aversion among women explains a large share of the entrepreneurial gender gap. We also find an education effect contributing to …