A large body of empirical evidence documents the gender variation in labour market outcomes. A major factor that … contributes to persistent gender gaps in labour market performance is women’s traditional role in the household. Child … a motherhood penalty. We highlight how the fundamental gender-driven career/family conflict faced by workers in the …

This paper uses cross-country data to examine the long-term effect of trade openness on the gender gaps in wages …, education, political empowerment and health. Key findings are: trade openness since 1970 reduced the gender gaps in wages and … openness on the gender wage gap remained observable in later years (1980, 1990 and 2000), although it decreased in degree over …

We develop a two sector competitive equilibrium model that rationalizes the gender pay gap by the coexistence of two … on their physical endowments. We prove the existence of a competitive equilibrium where the gender pay gap arises. The … an ineffective way to reduce the gender pay gap …

We develop a model to study the impact on gender gaps in participation and wages of a liquidity constraint that … gender gaps in the labour market. In this framework, an extension of paid maternity leave duration has ambiguous effects on … gender inequality. In contrast, child care subsidies, which require higher taxes, and loans, which do not, unambiguously …

This paper uses cross-country data to examine the long-term effect of trade openness on the gender gaps in wages …, education, political empowerment and health. Key findings are: trade openness since 1970 reduced the gender gaps in wages and … openness on the gender wage gap remained observable in later years (1980, 1990 and 2000), although it decreased in degree over …

Previous studies explain the gender earnings gap by gender differences in choosing competitive and higher-paying jobs … study, we use a novel identification strategy to investigate: 1) how the gender earnings gap arises from individuals' self … rewarding tasks reduces the gender earnings gap without hurting the benefits of men …

This paper examines gender differences in optimism about the economy. We measure optimism using Swedish survey data in … which respondents stated their beliefs about the country's future economic situation. We argue that this measure of optimism … men are more optimistic than women; however, men are also more prone to be wrong in their beliefs about the future …

these environments and resulting economic consequences. Using a two-stage laboratory experiment, I analyze the role of … remains unaffected. Remarkably, there is no gender gap in tournament performance when there are negative emotions …

experiment provides the following findings. (i) Male entrepreneurs have implicit gender discrimination against female investors …-skilled jobs for previous decades. This paper aims to explain this unique persistent gender gap in both the US venture capital … industry and the US entrepreneurial activities from the point of view of gender discrimination on both sides of a two …