analysed by gender. Basic results are: health worsens, income declines and satisfaction is poorer with higher body mass index …. If control variables are added, estimates are split by gender and different effects of over- and underweight people are …. Underweight women earn more and overweight less than others. For normal-weight men the income is on average higher than for over …

analysed by gender. Basic results are: health worsens, income declines and satisfaction is poorer with higher body mass index …. If control variables are added, estimates are split by gender and different effects of over- and underweight people are …. Underweight women earn more and overweight less than others. For normal-weight men the income is on average higher than for over …

the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews … research on gender inequality in access to self-employment, the gender gap in pensions, and the emerging topic of a gender gap … in wealth, attempting to highlight the paths between the various facets of gender inequality. Throughout the review, much …

and we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their … academic performance and their labor market income. We leverage the fact that the composition of high school classmates (peers … in income or labor market outcomes after college. We do not find significant effects on women. …

performance and their labor market income. We exploit the within-school, cohort-by-cohort variation in the gender composition of …, we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their academic … performance and change in major. And in the long run it did not produce any difference in income or labor market outcomes. We do …

the production of a firm meets final demand) on workers' wages. It also investigates whether results vary along the … earnings distribution and by gender. Findings, based on unique matched employer-employee data relative to the Belgian … manufacturing industry for the period 2002-2010, show that workers earn significantly higher wages when employed in more upstream …

Although male employees are increasingly making use of parental leave, gender differences in both usage and duration of … parental leave are still prevalent. In this contribution, we explore the role of gender for the relation between the incidence …

were much more likely to suffer income losses than employees. Among the self-employed, women were 35% more likely to … experience income losses than men, as women are disproportionately working in industries that are more severely affected by the …

% more likely to experience income losses than their male counterparts. Conversely, we do not find a comparable gender gap … the self-employed, who generally face a higher likelihood of income losses due to COVID-19 than employees, women are 35 … among employees. Our results further suggest that the gender gap among the self-employed is largely explained by the fact …

were much more likely to suffer income losses than employees. Among the self-employed, women were 35% more likely to … experience income losses than men, as women are disproportionately working in industries that are more severely affected by the …