to examine the effects of losing a parent on individual labor market outcomes and its contribution to gender earnings … significantly contributes to the gender pay gap. Lastly, we show that women experience a greater decline in earnings if their … for individuals who experience parental death and emphasize the role of informal care in contributing to gender pay …

part of the gender earnings gap and mitigate high female propensity to self-employment. Our findings suggest that policies …Persistent gender gaps characterize labor markets in many African countries. Utilizing Eswatini's first three labor … market surveys (conducted in 2007, 2010, and 2013), this paper provides first systematic evidence on the country's gender …

part of the gender earnings gap and mitigate high female propensity to self-employment. Our findings suggest that policies …Persistent gender gaps characterize labor markets in many African countries. Utilizing Eswatini's first three labor … market surveys (conducted in 2007, 2010, and 2013), this paper provides first systematic evidence on the country's gender …

Aspirations and plans for the future can influence investments made today. Gender gaps in these views can perpetuate … gender gaps in outcomes. In this paper, we explore how gender gaps in aspirations and expectations are affected by the local … labor market. Using a national longitudinal survey from Japan, we begin by documenting large gender differences in …

Job loss leads to persistent adverse labor market outcomes, but assessments of gender differences in labor market … recovery are lacking. We utilize plant closures in Denmark to estimate gender gaps in labor market outcomes and document that … displacement. When accounting for observable differences in human Capital across men and women, half of the gender gap in …

since the 1980s, particularly pronounced among men in more gender-egalitarian households (proxied by the father's share of …

empirically investigate the dynamics and drivers of gender gaps in employment rates, wages and workhours during the pandemic … experienced a major decline in their employment rate and workhours, as well as gender segregation in the most affected industries …. Relying on Estonian Labour Force Survey data, we document that the pandemic has, if anything, reduced gender inequality in all …

We investigate the trend in the gender employment gap in the expanding nonsubsistence sector of the economy in … Mozambique, a country still characterized by a large subsistence agricultural sector. We show evidence that the gender gap has … conditional employment probabilities of married women, as compared with men, is the other factor. These findings point at …

educational attainment or skills. Gender is a further dimension in which the impacts of trade liberalization can differ. In a … globalizing world it is important to understand whether and how trade policy can contribute toward enhancing gender convergence in …