study preferred by women are associated with lower wages. This thesis aims to disentangle the process, in which gender … differences in field of study choices emerge and transform into gender inequality in the labour market through four steps … offer new insights on specific explanations. First, gender differences in task-related preferences, i.e., occupational …

In all Western societies women earn lower wages on average than men. The gender wage gap has existed for many years … progress made by women in the labor market, and the characteristics and causes of remaining gender inequalities. It also covers … other dimensions of inequality and their interplay with gender, such as family formation, wellbeing, race, and immigrant …