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SHBs, employers posted wages more often and increased pay for job changers by about 5%, with larger increases for women (8 …Pay gaps for women and minorities have persisted after accounting for observable differences. Why? If employers can … access applicants' salary histories while bargaining over wages, they can take advantage of past inequities, perpetuating …
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disparities for women and men across different labor outcomes following the birth of the first child. Our findings show that, the … responses in earnings and labor market participation by educational level: college-educated women react to motherhood more on … the intensive margin (working part-time), while non-college-educated women are relatively more likely to do so in the …
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We explore the impact of mentoring of females and gender segregation on wages using a large longitudinal data set for … Portugal. Female managers can protect and mentor female employees by paying them higher wages than male-led firms would do. We … find that females can enjoy higher wages in female-led firms, the opposite being true for males. In both cases is a higher …
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The past five decades have seen a remarkable convergence in the economic roles of men and women in society. Yet … outcomes are related to the fact that children impose significantly larger penalties on the career trajectories of women … the differential impacts of children on women and men. We propose a simple model of household decision-making to motivate …
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Occupational positions can explain an important part of the differences in pay between men and women. However, a … earnings growth for men and women. Using administrative data, we are the first to investigate potential gender gaps in earnings … into different occupational positions. Our results emphasize that women's earnings growth are larger than men's after being …
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We use a unique survey of the EU labor force to investigate the relationship between occupational licensing and the gender wage gap. We find that the gender wage gap is canceled for licensed self-employed workers. However, this closure of the gender wage gap is not mirrored by significant...
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In many developing countries the skill base is a cause of concern with respect to international competition. Firm-provided training is generally seen as an important tool for bridging the skills gap between labour force and private sector demand. Yet little is known about how successful such...
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Despite the increased attachment of women to the labour force in nearly all developed countries, a stubborn gender pay … developed countries. We begin with an overview of the trends in the gender differences in wages and employment rates. We then …
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Despite the increased attachment of women to the labour force in nearly all developed countries, a stubborn gender pay … developed countries. We begin with an overview of the trends in the gender differences in wages and employment rates. We then …
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. Underweight women earn more and overweight less than others. For normal-weight men the income is on average higher than for over …. Overweight women are less satisfied than others while this is not confirmed for underweight men from eastern Germany. When … health estimates while satisfaction results fluctuate. Underweight women and especially underweight men tend to less …
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