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Chutes and ladders : dual tracks and the motherhood dip
Fernández-Kranz, Daniel; Lacuesta, Aitor; … - 2010
earnings differential of 2.3 log points remains even after controlling for both individual- and firm-level unobserved … heterogeneity. The analysis of the mothers and childless women's earnings trajectories over time reveals that "mothers to be …" experience important earnings increases (of up to 6 log points) several years prior to giving birth to their first child. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009315297
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Immigrants and gender roles : assimilation vs. culture
Blau, Francine D. - 2015
This paper examines evidence on the role of assimilation versus source country culture in influencing immigrant women’s behavior in the United States - looking both over time with immigrants' residence in the United States and across immigrant generations. It focuses particularly on labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011392486
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Immigrants and gender roles : assimilation vs. culture
Blau, Francine D. - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-21
This paper examines evidence on the role of assimilation versus source country culture in influencing immigrant women’s behavior in the United States-looking both over time with immigrants' residence in the United States and across immigrant generations. It focuses particularly on labor supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404275
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Immigrants and gender roles : assimilation vs. culture
Blau, Francine D. - 2015
This paper examines evidence on the role of assimilation versus source country culture in influencing immigrant women's behavior in the United States – looking both over time with immigrants' residence in the United States and across immigrant generations. It focuses particularly on labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388335
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Chapter 12. Gender Inequality
Ponthieux, Sophie; Meurs, Dominique - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 981-1146). 2015
The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men and women are analyzed today. Beyond 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025339
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Globalization and Wage Inequality in South and East Asia, and Latin America : A Gender Approach
Camps, Enriqueta; Camou, Maria Magdalena; Mora-Sitja, … - 2006
In this paper we analyse the reasons behind the evolution of the gender gap and wage inequality in South and East Asian and Latin American countries during the decades 1970-2000. Health human capital improvements, the exposure to free market openness and equal treatment enforcement laws seem to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014054321
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The motherhood penalty in China : having a child increases gender inequality in the labor market
Zhang, Mingxue; Hou, Lingling; Wang, Yue - 2022
mother implies a sharp decline in labor earnings, labor market participation, working hours and wage rate, while fathers … babysit, which generate motherhood earnings penalty in labor market. Finally, well-being analysis shows that subjective …
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The last hurdle? : unyielding motherhood effects in the context of declining gender inequality in Latin America
Marchionni, Mariana; Pedrazzi, Julián - 2023
’ earnings. This result is explained by a reduction in employment and a prompting shift towards occupations that favor more … and per capita GDP or gender norms, while the contribution of other factors to the gender gap in earnings diminishes with …
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The gender wage gap and discrimination, East Germany 1990 - 1997
Gang, Ira N.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2000
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001518117
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The gender wage gap and discrimination, East Germany 1990-1997
Gang, Ira N.; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2000
East Germany underwent rapid transition from a socialist to a market economy since the fall of the Berlin Wall. We are interested in whether women are better off or worse off relative to men as a result of this transition. We use the German Socio-Economic Panel Data 1990-1997 to study wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011577193