birth cohort membership. The estimation results allow for the construction and comparison of gender and skill specific life … of males have declined or remained stable. Nevertheless, differences in aggregate gender specific participation rates … over time, the results confirm a persistent gender gap in the pattern of labor market participation and employment over the …

In this article I analyze the changes in the gender wage gap in the western region, eastern region and in reunified … Germany during the period 1999 – 2006. I use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and implement two alternative …-Blinder (1973) decomposition, found in Smith and Welch (1989). I conclude that most of the increase in the gender wage gap occurred …

Using data from the 2006 Turkish Time-Use Survey, we examine gender differences in time allocation among married … heterosexual couples over the life cycle. While we find large discrepancies in the gender division of both paid and unpaid work at … each life stage, the gender gap in paid and unpaid work is largest among parents of infants compared to parents of older …

A gender differential in wages is considered to be discriminatory if the differential cannot be explained by gender … differences in productivity. Numerous studies have been performed to measure the extent of gender wage discrimination in countries …