We develop an equilibrium model of the labor market to investigate the joint evolution of gender gaps in labor force …, especially college-educated women. Consistent with these results, we see a widening of the gender wage gap at the lower end of …. The growth of appliances acted to widen the gender wage gap and the decline of fertility to narrow it. We also trace …

Gender peer effects are potentially important for optimally organizing schools and neighborhoods. In this paper, we … examine how the gender of classmates and neighbors affects a variety of high school outcomes and choice of university major … confounding unobserved characteristics of schools and neighborhoods that might be correlated with peer gender composition, we …

We analyse impacts of the rising labor force participation of women on the gender wage gap. We formulate and … occupations. Consistent with this we find a narrowing of the gender wage gap towards the upper end of the wage distribution and an … increase in the gender wage gap at the low end. Demand side trends favoured women and this attenuated the supply …

We analyse impacts of the rising labor force participation of women on the gender wage gap. We formulate and … occupations. Consistent with this we find a narrowing of the gender wage gap towards the upper end of the wage distribution and an … increase in the gender wage gap at the low end. Demand side trends favoured women and this attenuated the supply …

This study uses human capital and gender stratification theory to answer three research questions concerning the … therefore non-precarious employment. Using data from U.S. respondents, findings suggest: a) a “gender” to precarious employment … in that women are more likely to work in low quality job settings; b) gender discrepancies in benefits and union …

of employers and employees. Yet there is very little evidence that the 'gender pay gap' is the result of unfair …

This article describes the state of gender diversity across technology and geography within the U.S. patent bar. The … findings rely on a new gender-matched dataset, the first public dataset of its kind, not only of all attorneys and agents …, notably the provision of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act directing the USPTO to study diversity, including gender …

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 …

We develop an equilibrium model of the labor market to investigate the joint evolution of gender gaps in labor force … favored women, especially college-educated women. Consistent with these results, we see a widening of the gender wage gap at … skilled women. The growth of appliances acted to widen the gender wage gap and the decline of fertility to narrow it. We also …