Despite tremendous advances in women’s educational attainment and employment over time, women still enrol into different fields of study than men and earn less once they enter the labour market. These aspects are interrelated, as fields of study preferred by women are associated with lower...

Chapter 1 Introduction -- Part I Women’s Family Responsibilities and Employment in China -- Chapter 2 Market Wage, Child Care, and the Employment of Married Women in China -- Chapter 3 Parent Care and Middle-aged Women’s Employment -- Part II The Gender Gap in China’s Labor Market and...

The academic profession is an occupation in which pay has fallen dramatically, resulting in the setting up of a Committee of Inquiry to examine both pay relativities and mechanisms for pay determination. This paper considers salary determination and the gender salary gap in the academic labour...

The academic profession is an occupation in which pay has fallen dramatically, resulting in the setting up of a Committee of Inquiry to examine both pay relativities and mechanisms for pay determination. This paper considers salary determination and the gender salary gap in the academic labour...

The earning structure in science is known to be flat relative to the one in the private sector, which could cause a brain drain toward the private sector. In this paper, we assume that agents value both money and fame and study the role of the institution of science in the allocation of talent...