A large body of empirical evidence documents the gender variation in labour market outcomes. A major factor that … contributes to persistent gender gaps in labour market performance is women’s traditional role in the household. Child … a motherhood penalty. We highlight how the fundamental gender-driven career/family conflict faced by workers in the …

labour market dimensions. Gender inequalities are further aggravated among people with children. Women with children under 16 … to be more effective if combined with advances in breaking up traditional gender roles. …

The gender pay gap increases with age: While the average gross hourly wage gap between male and female 30-year-olds is …

This paper focuses on the impact that gender segregation in the labour market exerts on the underemployment gender gap …, especially for women. Furthermore, we conclude that the gender gap in underemployment is mainly due to the different distribution … of male and female workers across occupations and industries. Additionally, the different impact by gender that working …

The gender pay gap of 21 percent in Germany is partly due to the fact that men and women work in different occupations … across occupations. In particular, there is a substantial gender pay gap in occupations with non-linear earnings, i … positions exhibit a larger gender pay gap. Occupations at public companies tend to have smaller pay gaps. Changes in the …

Public interest in the gender pay gap has risen significantly over the past years in Germany, but the size of the … gender pay gap has barely changed. A comparison across European countries shows that a lower female labor force participation … rate is associated with a smaller gender pay gap. The gender differences in the characteristics of the labor force, which …

While the gender pay gap between men and women in Germany remains at 18 percent, this figure is not the same for all … employees. There are, for example, major differences by age. Beginning at age 30, the gender pay gap increases sharply and … remains constantly high at 20 percent until retirement. Closely related to this is the gender care gap, the difference in …

the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews … research on gender inequality in access to self-employment, the gender gap in pensions, and the emerging topic of a gender gap … in wealth, attempting to highlight the paths between the various facets of gender inequality. Throughout the review, much …

relatives, with women acting as caregivers far more frequently than men. This difference, known as the gender care gap, varies … institutional, societal, and labor market factors that are related to the gender care gap across European countries. The results … show that the gap is smaller in countries that spend more on the formal care system. In addition, they show that the gender …

is completely free of gender-based norms. Salaries are assigned through a points system that considers training level … the gender-related gaps existing in other, more arbitrary private work environments. In this article, we present the … unadjusted gender pay gap of 0.12 and adjusted or unexplained gaps of 0.07-0.09 obtained through a Mincer earnings regression and …