indicates that multiple influences shape attitudes towards competition during different periods of the life cycle. Gender … differences in competitiveness will not only influence outcomes during working age, but also during early childhood education. In … order to reduce the gender gap in educational and labor market outcomes, it is crucial to understand when and why gender …

This article considers the complexity of ea rly employment life-courses focusing on the heterogeneity by gender and … education. We construct 7-year-long early employment trajectories by using a unique longitudinal da taset that combines …

We investigate whether competitive selection processes generate gender inequality in the context of a prestigious … in-person interview. The data show a very large gender gap in success rates: women's success rate is 36% lower than men …% lower than for comparable male candidates. We show that this gap is explained by reviewers engaging in gender balancing …

We use idiosyncratic variation in gender composition across cohorts within Norwegian lower-secondary schools to analyze …

We investigate the trend in the gender employment gap in the expanding nonsubsistence sector of the economy in … Mozambique, a country still characterized by a large subsistence agricultural sector. We show evidence that the gender gap has … female human capital, with less attained education, as well as literacy and Portuguese proficiency rates. The lower …