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 …

BHPS. We show that country of origin, country of residence, and gender are all important determinants of the earnings …

This study examines the gender wage gap between male and female workers in the US using a cross-section from the … Current Population Survey (CPS) It shows that the extent of gender segregation by both industry and occupation is … appropriate techniques in the presence of such strong gender segregation . To secure even greater precision we repeat the matching …

This study examines the gender wage gap in the US using two separate cross-sections from the Current Population Survey … (CPS). The extensive literature on this subject includes papers which use wage decompositions to divide gender wag gaps … simply being female on wages. However, to form a complete picture, one should consider that gender wages are affected by a …