To understand gender differences in the job search process, we collect rich information on job offers and acceptances … facts: (1) there is a clear gender difference in the timing of job offer acceptance, with women accepting jobs substantially … earlier than men, and (2) the gender earnings gap in accepted offers narrows in favor of women over the course of the job …

Survey data for a large sample of recent graduates from 37 German universities are used to study labor market outcomes … terms of gender and immigration status). Similar patterns are obtained for job satisfaction and the match quality of …

analysis provides novel evidence for the magnitude and the origin of ethnic wage differentials by gender. In general, ethnic … observed characteristics. Most notably, Mediterranean female graduates have significant positive wage discrimination while … Western female graduates seem to face a small wage penalty. -- college ; university ; wages ; qualifications ; dropout …