We provide causal evidence that children's school schedules contribute to the persistence of the gender pay gap between … parents. Historically, French children have had no school on Wednesdays. In 2013, a reform reallocated some classes to … fathers' labor supply is unchanged. Consequently, the reform decreased the monthly gender pay gap by 6 percent, generating …

participation using 70 censuses from 36 countries in 1990–2010. We document a strong relationship between the gender wage gap and … the size of the motherhood penalty. The penalty is smallest in countries with small gender wage gaps. Both cross- and … within-country relationships between motherhood penalty and gender wage gap remain strong and negative even when we condition …

This paper uses an event study approach to estimate the impact of children on the gender earnings gap in Australia. We … persistent impact on the gender earnings gap, reducing female earnings by 55 per cent, on average, in the 5 years following …

show that 75 percent of the effect of the birth of a first child on the overall gender gap in employment is accounted for … by gender disparities in non-local employment, with mothers being more likely to give up non-local employment compared to … fathers. This gender specialisation is mostly driven by opposing job location responses of men and women to individual …

show that 75 percent of the effect of the birth of a first child on the overall gender gap in employment is accounted for … by gender disparities in non-local employment, with mothers being more likely to give up non-local employment compared to … fathers. This gender specialisation is mostly driven by opposing job location responses of men and women to individual …

child on gender inequality from the perspectives of labor market outcomes and its mechanisms. Results show that becoming a … work in the formal sector. Moreover, social norms towards gender roles lead mothers to devote more time to housework and …

This chapter provides a bird's eye view of the literature on gender discrimination. The presentation of studies is … grouped into five parts. Part 1 presents evidence of gender discrimination measured via various dimensions in various … countries and contexts. Part 2 discusses in detail the gender wage gap - one of the most important measures of gender …

Australia it remains around 17%. Interestingly, the gender pay gap is relatively small for the young but increases as men and … explain these wage patterns? And what can governments do to speed up wage convergence to close the gender pay gap? Clearly …, the gender pay gap continues to be an important policy issue. …

Gender gaps in skills exist around the world but differ remarkably among the high and low-and-middle income countries … and gender attitudes predict gender gaps in cognitive and noncognitive skills. We find steep socioeconomic and attitude … results suggest that a sizable improvement in gender attitudes would yield important gains for females, but substantial gains …

high school or university education. The regression results suggest that the existing gender differences in formal wage … probit model to analyse gender differences in labour force participation and gender bias in formal wage employment in urban … likely to get formal wage employment, suggesting the existence of gender bias in the labour market in urban areas of Tanzania …