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lower wages for women, relatively higher productivity for part-timers). Interactions between gender and part-time suggest … between wage/productivity differentials and the firm's labor composition in terms of part-time and sex. Findings suggest that … that the positive productivity effect is driven by male part-timers working more than 25 hours, whereas the share of female …
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The disparities in cross-country labor productivity are greater in agriculture than in other industries. I propose that … the misallocation of female talent across sectors distorts productivity. I formalize the theory by using a general … equilibrium Roy model with gender-specific frictions. If female workers experience higher frictions in nonagricultural sectors …
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important contributing factors explaining the gender productivity gap are firm characteristics, such as firm size, age of the …We examine the patterns and correlates of the productivity gap between male-owned and female-owned firms for informal … productivity gaps observed at the lower end of the productivity distribution. Using decomposition methods, we find that about 73 …
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acceptance as well as promotion. We focus on a selfdirected measure of productivity: working paper output. This avoids potential … rates by sex, whether in levels, returns to productivity, or coauthorship patterns. …
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We ask whether the gendered division of work affects firm productivity across the spectrum of economic development … of female employees is higher where women are underrepresented in the candidate pool. This implies productivity gains … unequal gender norms in local labor markets create an equity-efficiency trade-off inside the firm, particularly in low …
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productivity in Germany. This association increases with firm size. Comparison to a similar survey in the US indicates that the … at least in part to blame for the differences in aggregate productivity between Germany and the US. …
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