We extend the conventional framework for measuring segregation to consider stratification of occupations by gender, i … indices. Our empirical analysis using this approach shows that the decline over time in occupational gender segregation in the … US has been accompanied by a deeper, longer reduction in gender stratification. We further investigate the role of …

This paper establishes the presence of a substantial gender gap in the relationship between state legislature service … and the subsequent pursuit of a Congressional career. The empirical approach uses a sample of mixed-gender elections to … legislature seats. This gender gap in advancing to Congress among state legislators is not generated by gender differences in …

This paper establishes the presence of a substantial gender gap in the relationship between state legislature service … and the subsequent pursuit of a Congressional career. The empirical approach uses a sample of mixed-gender elections to … legislature seats. This gender gap in advancing to Congress among state legislators is not generated by gender differences in …

prospects, and apply our analysis to the gender pay gap in the U.S. during the 1980-2010 period. We develop a formal search and … analysis of local labor markets. Our results suggest that an economy's within-industry gender pay gap -- which also controls … for human capital characteristics -- is substantially influenced by gender differences in the quality of outside prospects …

Using PSID microdata over the 1980-2010, we provide new empirical evidence on the extent of and trends in the gender … explained little of the gender wage gap, while gender differences in occupation and industry continued to be important. Moreover …, the gender pay gap declined much more slowly at the top of the wage distribution that at the middle or the bottom and by …

Using PSID microdata over the 1980-2010, we provide new empirical evidence on the extent of and trends in the gender … explained little of the gender wage gap, while gender differences in occupation and industry continued to be important. Moreover …, the gender pay gap declined much more slowly at the top of the wage distribution that at the middle or the bottom and by …

This study investigates the impact of increased import competition on gender wage and employment differentials in U … the remaining women in the study increased, thereby narrowing the gender wage gap. -- gender wage gap ; discrimination …

This study investigates the impact of increased import competition on gender wage and employment differentials in U … the remaining women in the study increased, thereby narrowing the gender wage gap …