This study examines how career interruptions and subsequent wages of employees are related. Using individual panel data …

The gender pay gap is the topic of countless papers in the economics and social science literature. Its study can be … from 1996 and 2005 to determine (1) how the average gender pay gap has evolved over this decade, (2) if there are … differences in the gender pay gap at various points of the pay distribution, and (3) if there have been changes in gender pay at …

This paper investigates whether non-base compensation contributes to the gender pay gap. In wage decompositions, we … distribution. Our findings suggest that gender differences in bonuses are an important contributor to the gender pay gap …

This paper considers the role of gender in the promotion process and the impact of promotion on wages and wage growth …, using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79). Its focus is upon mid-career promotion and wages … promoted in the private sector (and no less likely in the public sector); that wages are increasing in promotion, and the …

This paper shows that the gender and age of the wage-setter are crucial determinants of the disparity in wages between … analysis because officer wages are set by chief executive officers. We show that CEOs pay officers of the opposing gender less … than officers of their own gender, even when controlling for job characteristics. Older and male CEOs exhibit the greatest …

gender pay gap. We argue that salary history bans may negatively affect wages as employers lose an informative signal of … find no decrease in the gender pay gap in the full sample and a modest 1.5% increase in the relative wages of women, as … worker productivity. We empirically evaluate these laws using a large panel dataset of disaggregated wages covering all …

considerable Gender Pay Gap exists even within the same occupational position. In this paper, we aim at understanding the reasons … earnings growth for men and women. Using administrative data, we are the first to investigate potential gender gaps in earnings … increase due to a promotion in Germany. Moreover, we are the first to analyze differences in the gender gap across promotions …

little is known about how successful such training may be in closing the gender wage gap. We use a matched employer … indicate that, at least in Viet Nam, firm-sponsored on-the-job training helps close the gender wage gap. …