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This paper examines the importance of gender differences in labour supply and demand for job exibility to the growth of … the gender wage gap over the life cycle and over time for graduates in the UK. We document that the graduate gender wage … quantify the importance of changes to preferences and relative demand for exibility on the gender wage gap. Higher relative …
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This paper studies the consequences of a curriculum reform of the last two years of high school in one of the German federal states on the share of male and female students who complete degrees in STEM subjects and who later work in STEM occupations. The reform had two important aspects: (i) it...
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We analyze the relationship between social gender norms and adolescents' occupational choices by combining regional … votes on constitutional amendments on gender equality with job application data from a large job board for apprenticeships …. Results show that adolescent males in regions with stronger traditional social gender norms are more likely to apply for …
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learning methods that allow for model selection and estimation simultaneously in a non-parametric setting. I find that OLS …
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This paper develops a dynamic model of schooling and occupational choices that incorporates personality traits, as measured by the "big five" traits. The model is estimated using the HILDA dataset from Australia. Personality traits are found to play an important role in explaining education and...
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, women's years of schooling increase faster than men's, so that the gender gap in years of schooling declines. In this work … can reconcile the common decline of both gender gaps …
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This paper updates the major study by Macpherson and Hirsch (1995) of the effect of the gender composition of … of the gender wage gap. An updated longitudinal analysis using the CPS data is also provided. This examination of two … advantage of offering a longer panel. Analysis of the former suggests the reduction in gender composition effects observed for …
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