outcomes, and a broad trend towards greater equality. Earnings gaps have been reduced by, among other factors, improved …

Using data from the German Structure of Earnings Survey (GSES), this paper studies the role of changes in working hours … for the increase in male and female earnings inequality between 2001 and 2010. We provide both classic decompositions of … the variance of log earnings into the variances of hours, wage rates and their covariance, and decompositions based on …

earnings, potential earnings, education, occupation). Second, we assess the contribution of assortative mating to earnings … assortative mating to inequality in couple's potential earnings. Our results indicate a strong degree of assortative mating in … France. The correlation coefficient for education is above 0.6. The correlation in earnings is lower but sizable: around 0 …

home are more likely to have reduced their hours, lost their jobs and suffered falls in earnings. Less educated workers and …

home are more likely to have reduced their hours, lost their jobs and suffered falls in earnings. Less educated workers and …

, leading to a 4-10 percent gender earnings gap 5-10 years later. The child penalty is shifted across generations to … are a contributing factor to the disparity in earnings between grandmothers and grandfathers after the arrival of the …

earnings of three and nine percent five and ten years after the arrival of the first grandchild, which is almost exclusively …