science and mathematics. One major class of explanations for these gaps involves the gender-based interactions between … matter is limited and contradictory. In this study, I present new empirical evidence on whether assignment to a same-gender … based on these data indicate that assignment to a same-gender teacher significantly improves the achievement of both girls …

science and mathematics. One major class of explanations for these gaps involves the gender-based interactions between … matter is limited and contradictory. In this study, I present new empirical evidence on whether assignment to a same-gender … these data indicate that assignment to a same-gender teacher significantly improves the achievement of both girls and boys …

, teachers, and peers. We find no evidence of differential responses by gender. …

Does flexible pay increase the gender wage gap? To answer this question we analyze the wages of public-school teachers … preexisting collective-bargaining agreements, we show that flexible pay increased the gender pay gap among teachers with the same … counterpart is a man. This gap is not driven by gender differences in job mobility, ability, or a higher demand for male teachers …

system to estimate the gender gap in hourly pay for the population of medical specialists employed in the New Zealand public … limit the opportunities for a gender pay gap to arise. Nevertheless, we find that in their public health system employment … each week, and for parents. Controlling for gender differences in experience at the same age decreases the estimated gender …

This paper performs a meta-analysis of 1472 estimates extracted from 199 previous studies to investigate the gender … wage gap in China. The results show that, although the gender wage gap in China during the transition period has an impact … public sector. Furthermore, we found that, in China, the gender wage gap has been increasing rapidly in recent years. …

- sion of an Oaxaca-Blinder type decomposition based on the omitted variable bias formula to directly estimate the change in … in the gender pay gap across time (2005 and 2014). By applying our proposed decomposition, we find that the convergence … of the gender pay gap over time is only driven by the catching-up of women in terms of observable characteristics, while …