In the last decade, the proportion and academic performance of women who pursue university degrees has increased … awarded to women has remained between 30% and 35% during 2001-2018 in the U.S. (Siegfried, 2019). In a recent work by Lundberg … and Stearns (2019), they show that the gender gap worsens as women economists progress in their professional careers in …

estimated premium for above average beauty is only slightly larger than that estimated for women elsewhere, and the penalty for …