Would countercyclical fiscal policy during recessions improve or worsen the gender employment gap? We give an answer to … this question by exploring the state-dependent impact of fiscal spending shocks on employment by gender in the G-7 … would, on average, lift female employment by 1 percent, while increasing male employment by 0.6 percent. Consequently such a …

This paper assesses the magnitude and nature of the gender pay gap in Ireland using the National Employment Survey 2003 …, an employeremployee matched dataset. The results suggest that while a wage bargaining system centred around social … partnership was of benefit to females irrespective of their employment status, the minimum wage mechanism appears to improve the …

bargaining agenda. Neither establishments nor workers choose their union, permitting a difference-in-differences design to study … causal effects. We find that "bargaining for women" increases female-centric amenities in collective bargaining agreements … of firm value. We find no evidence that these gains come at the expense of employment, workers' wages, or firm profits …

bargaining agenda. Neither establishments nor workers choose their union, permitting a difference-in-differences design to study … causal effects. We find that "bargaining for women" increases female-centric amenities in collective bargaining agreements … measures of firm value. We find no evidence that these gains come at the expense of employment, workers' wages, or firm profits …

This study examines how employment and wages for men and women respond to changes in the minimum wage in India, a … of India's National Sample Survey Organization employment survey data for the period 1983–2008 merged with a newly …, without any employment losses. Minimum wage rates also increase the residual gender wage gap, which may be explained by weaker …

fiscal shocks and non-fiscal shocks on the gender composition of employment. We show that contractionary non-fiscal shocks … lead to man-cessions, i.e. employment falls and more strongly so for men. By contrast, an expansionary fiscal shock … predominantly raises the employment of women. Taken together, these results imply a trade-off dilemma for policy that seeks to …

Would countercyclical fiscal policy during recessions improve or worsen the gender employment gap? We answer this … question by exploring the state-dependent impact of fiscal spending shocks on employment by gender in the G-7 countries. Using … the local projection method, we find that, during recessions, a positive fiscal spending shock increases female employment …