The study examines the extent of gender and caste-based discrimination among the formally and informally employed in … compared to the formally employed. Caste-based discrimination is found to be lower compared to gender-based discrimination. The … quantile decomposition results for gender shows the presence of a sticky floor effect in both formal and informal employment …

We study the origins of support for gender-related affirmative action (AA) in two pre-registered online experiments (N … treatments to disentangle the preference for AA stemming from i) perceived gender differences in productivity, ii) beliefs about … there is no gender gap in productivity. To test ii), we inform the candidates about the hiring rule ex-ante, allowing us to …

We study the origins of support for gender-related affirmative action (AA) in two pre-registered online experiments (N … treatments to disentangle the preference for AA stemming from i) perceived gender differences in productivity, ii) beliefs about … there is no gender gap in productivity. To test ii), we inform the candidates about the hiring rule ex-ante, allowing us to …

is completely free of gender-based norms. Salaries are assigned through a points system that considers training level … the gender-related gaps existing in other, more arbitrary private work environments. In this article, we present the … unadjusted gender pay gap of 0.12 and adjusted or unexplained gaps of 0.07-0.09 obtained through a Mincer earnings regression and …

examine both and reveal striking gender differences. A consistent - and puzzling - finding is that unions reduce wage …

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of wage compression for the gender wage gap in Sweden during the … the changes in the returns to human capital and unobserved characteristics have contributed to reductions in the gender … mitigated and/or the gender gap in unobserved skills was reduced. Between 1981 and 1991 there is a small increase in the gender …

private than in the public sector. Our test results show that, contrary to the public sector, there are no gender differences …