of the hazard rate from employment. Differences in mean 1990 wages explain more than one-half of the gender gap in this …

This paper examines the hypothesis that the gender salary gap observed in the academic labour market is predominantly …

Gender disparity and discrimination continues to be a pervasive phenomenon in many spheres of public life despite being … situation is critical in developing nations where gender inequality in political representation accompanies and reinforces other … forms of gender suppression. This paper unearths a 'gender externality' that prolongs gender suppression in political fora …

reasons for such excess female mortality in the country. In this study, we argue that intra-household gender-discrimination in … current intra-household gender-disparities in getting medical care at least for life threatening illnesses. …

gender discrimination in origin countries can be a push factor for women and therefore that a reduction in discrimination can … reduce the flow of female migrants. The other theory is that gender discrimination may create a " gender bias " in the … discrimination leads to an increase of skilled women migration. The paper also provides an original index of gender discrimination …

employers. It is found that the discriminating effect emerged regardless of whether same-gender or different-gender tables were …

This paper documents two new findings linking firm-size and gender pay gaps to informal employment using micro … observationally equivalent workers, is greater for informal employment than formal employment. And, second, we find that the gender … information in understanding the underlying forces determining firm-size and gender wage gaps. We propose and discuss the …

In late 2003, Norway passed a law mandating 40 percent representation of each gender on the board of publicly limited … corporate sector and decrease gender disparity in earnings within that sector. We document that the newly (post …-reform) appointed female board members were observably more qualified than their female predecessors, and that the gender gap in …