study preferred by women are associated with lower wages. This thesis aims to disentangle the process, in which gender … differences in field of study choices emerge and transform into gender inequality in the labour market through four steps … offer new insights on specific explanations. First, gender differences in task-related preferences, i.e., occupational …

, persistently large gender gaps in terms of labor supply, earnings, and representation in top jobs remain. Moreover, in countries … the role of children and show that many potential explanations for the remaining gender disparities in labor market … relative to men. In the U.S., we document that close to two-thirds of the overall gender earnings gap can be accounted for by …

Discrimination based on gender is commonly observed on labor markets, although its scale and symptoms are different … with regard to country and are subject to changes over time. Gender-related diverse flows on the labor market constitute … the unemployment rate. Gender impact was noticeable especially in the employment decrease periods. For data after the year …

Persistent gender gaps characterize labor markets in many African countries. Utilizing Eswatini's first three labor … market surveys (conducted in 2007, 2010, and 2013), this paper provides first systematic evidence on the country's gender … the global financial crisis had a less negative impact on women than it had on men. Both unadjusted and unexplained gender …

and male workers. The wage analysis reveals that, on average, the gender wage gap has been lowest in routine cognitive …