This paper documents gender disparities in labor earnings for sixty-four countries around the world. Disparities are … partially attributed to gender differences in observable socio-demographic and job characteristics. These characteristics are … used to match males and females such that gender earnings disparities are computed only among individuals with the same …

This paper documents gender disparities in labor earnings for sixty-four countries around the world. Disparities are … partially attributed to gender differences in observable socio-demographic and job characteristics. These characteristics are … used to match males and females such that gender earnings disparities are computed only among individuals with the same …

Using quantile regression analyses, this study examines gender gaps in mathematics, science, and reading in Azerbaijan … social characteristics appear unrelated to achievement gender gaps. Second, the overachievement of girls in reading and …

This paper investigates gender inequality in vulnerable employment: forms of employment typically featuring high … from developing countries, we measure long-term trends, describe geographical patterns, and estimate correlates of gender … gender gap. Across countries, the gender gap is smaller in richer countries, with lower fertility rates, and more …

growth of human capital and several of its constituent factors are broken down by gender and by region, and in some cases … capital have grown over time. The purpose is to identify the sources of human capital growth by region, gender, and various …

The aim of this paper is to study the gender pension gap in Europe based on the newest EU-SILC data from the 2018 wave …. The contribution of the paper is twofold. First, it provides evidence on factors shaping the gender pension gap in a large … (second pillar) pensions and (2) gender attitudes. The main factor contributing to gender inequality in pension income is the …

Despite the vast literature on the gender disparities in the labor market participation and outcomes, there is a scarce … literature on the gender gap in total income. This paper tries to fill the research gap and has threefold contribution to the … existing literature. First, the paper studies the gender gap in aggregate income instead of focusing only one component – wages …

The gender income gap is large and well documented for many countries. Recent research shows that it is mainly driven … the gender income gap by redistributing between men and women. The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented levels … research investigates the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the gender gap in income in Ireland. Using nowcasting techniques …

Are labor markets in higher-income countries more meritocratic, in the sense that worker-job matching is based on … the role of worker-job matching in development accounting, we build an equilibrium matching model that allows for cross … determine match feasibility; (ii) technology, which determines the returns to matching; and (iii) idiosyncratic matching …