We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated … by parental preferences: if parents prefer certain sex compositions over others, childrenś gender affects not only the … based on the gender of the other twin. We find that the gender of the sibling influences both men and women, but in a …

We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated … by parental preferences: if parents prefer certain sex compositions over others, children's gender affects not only the … based on the gender of the other twin. We find that the gender of the sibling influences both men and women, but in a …

gender education gap, we formulate and estimate a model of individual and family decision-making where education, labor … factor driving the growing gender education gap: Women with college educated mothers get greater utility from college, and … cohorts, our model explains differences in all endogenous variables by gender/ethnicity for the '60-'80 cohorts based on three …

In France, in 2014, women's hourly wages were on average 14.4 % lower than men's. Beyond differentials in observed … characteristics, is this gap explained by segregation of women in low-wage firms, or by gender inequality within a given firm? To … between-firm (sorting) and within-firm heterogeneity (bargaining) on the gender wage gap. We use a two-way fixed effect wage …

We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated … by parental preferences: if parents prefer certain sex compositions over others, children's gender affects not only the … based on the gender of the other twin.We find that the gender of the sibling influences both men and women, but in a …